A61B 5/12
Audiometering
A61B5/12 (Audiometering) appears on 1,103 US grants and 1,410 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,103
- Published applications
- 1,410
- Assignees
- 607
- Inventors
- 2,319
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 8 |
| 2002 | 23 | 22 |
| 2003 | 17 | 21 |
| 2004 | 10 | 38 |
| 2005 | 14 | 22 |
| 2006 | 18 | 19 |
| 2007 | 18 | 30 |
| 2008 | 9 | 26 |
| 2009 | 10 | 37 |
| 2010 | 12 | 37 |
| 2011 | 15 | 45 |
| 2012 | 32 | 35 |
| 2013 | 32 | 60 |
| 2014 | 42 | 64 |
| 2015 | 39 | 86 |
| 2016 | 59 | 66 |
| 2017 | 58 | 76 |
| 2018 | 44 | 85 |
| 2019 | 61 | 69 |
| 2020 | 76 | 88 |
| 2021 | 74 | 75 |
| 2022 | 64 | 85 |
| 2023 | 59 | 91 |
| 2024 | 57 | 97 |
| 2025 | 46 | 66 |
| 2026 | 52 | 62 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Scoring speech audiometry29 Sep 2026US 12,745,928 B2Cochlear Limited
- Customized audio modification tool29 Sep 2026US 12,750,619 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Infrared otoscope for characterization of effusion15 Sep 2026US 12,733,814 B2OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Predicting real-ear-to-coupler differences based on clinical immittance measures of the middle ear8 Sep 2026US 12,732,761 B2Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
- Electronic device for tinnitus management, and operating method therefor8 Sep 2026US 12,732,764 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Occlusion device capable of occluding an ear canal8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306301 A1ST Portfolio Holdings, LLC
- Predictive medical device consultation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311857 A1Cochlear Limited
- Novel dynamic hearing restoration device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294283 A1Melisono AB
- Novel hearing test system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294284 A1Melisono AB
- An ear probe for ear examination24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283457 A1Otos Health Oy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual medical instrument for performing medical diagnostic testing on patients296US 5,623,925 ACMeD, Inc. · 1997
- Systems and methods for biometric identification using the acoustic properties of the ear canal230US 5,787,187 ASandia Corporation · 1998
- Telemetric apparatus for health and environmental monitoring222US 8,652,040 B2Valencell, Inc. · 2014
- Patient controlled master hearing aid197US 4,759,070 AVoroba Technologies Associates · 1988
- Headset hearing tester and hearing aid programmer197US 5,197,332 ACalMed Technology, Inc. · 1993