F16P 3/141
Using sound propagation
Official title: {using sound propagation, e.g. sonar}
F16P3/141 (Using sound propagation) appears on 81 US grants and 81 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16P- Granted patents
- 81
- Published applications
- 81
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 188
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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