B06B 1/0662
With an electrode on the sensitive surface
Official title: {with an electrode on the sensitive surface}
B06B1/0662 (With an electrode on the sensitive surface) appears on 638 US grants and 734 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B06B- Granted patents
- 638
- Published applications
- 734
- Assignees
- 342
- Inventors
- 1,452
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 |
| 2004 | 13 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 15 |
| 2008 | 9 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 21 |
| 2014 | 4 | 28 |
| 2015 | 17 | 33 |
| 2016 | 15 | 40 |
| 2017 | 18 | 28 |
| 2018 | 20 | 51 |
| 2019 | 36 | 59 |
| 2020 | 37 | 59 |
| 2021 | 34 | 78 |
| 2022 | 51 | 61 |
| 2023 | 62 | 53 |
| 2024 | 42 | 74 |
| 2025 | 59 | 44 |
| 2026 | 41 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic transducer module6 Oct 2026US 12,752,301 B2Qisda Corporation
- Optical microscope for retinal imaging22 Sep 2026US 12,740,703 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Ultrasound interconnect stack and method of manufacturing same25 Aug 2026US 12,715,021 B2DarkVision Technologies Inc.
- Ultrasound transducer unit, array and ultrasonic treatment device25 Aug 2026US 12,715,022 B2Shenzhen Peninsula Medical Group
- Transducer and ultrasonic probe having the same18 Aug 2026US 12,710,308 B2Qisda Corporation
- Ultrasonic transducer, method for operating an ultrasonic transducer, and method for measuring distance8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309868 A1
- Planar linear array for ultrasound24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283595 A1Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Semiconductor device with transducer and semiconductor system having the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264109 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Metastructure for impedance matching for multilayer or non-uniform barrier, ultrasonic probe comprising same, and ultrasonic image diagnosis apparatus comprising same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260641 A1Center for Advanced Meta-Materials
- System and methods for autonomous ultrasonographic imaging13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232295 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultra-thin acoustic transducer and balloon catheter using same in imaging array subassembly688US 4,841,977 AInter Therapy, Inc. · 1989
- Target apparatus587US 4,349,728 AAustralasian Training Aids (Pty.) Ltd. · 1982
- Apodization methods and apparatus for acoustic phased array aperture for diagnostic medical ultrasound transducer402US 6,258,034 B1Acuson Corporation · 2001
- Apparatus and method for detecting blood flow in intravascular ultrasonic imaging289US 5,453,575 AEndosonics Corporation · 1995
- Ultrasonic transducer179US 4,672,591 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1987