G01B 11/005
Coordinate measuring machines
Official title: {coordinate measuring machines}
G01B11/005 (Coordinate measuring machines) appears on 834 US grants and 863 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 834
- Published applications
- 863
- Assignees
- 309
- Inventors
- 1,546
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2003 | 9 | 18 |
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| 2023 | 50 | 39 |
| 2024 | 46 | 47 |
| 2025 | 38 | 37 |
| 2026 | 24 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Generation of measurement strategy for measuring a measurement object6 Oct 2026US 12,754,005 B2Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
- Method for estimating flange displacement amount in rotary machine, program for executing method, and device for performing method6 Oct 2026US 12,754,010 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Groove shape measuring method and groove shape measuring apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,736,320 B2Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
- Coupling clamp for contactless sensor unit15 Sep 2026US 12,736,325 B2Tesa SàRl
- Portable support stand comprising a vibration damper28 Jul 2026US 12,692,974 B2Dovi Group B.V.
- Measuring Machine Quill Interface1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298617 A2Hexagon Metrology, Inc.
- Chromatic point sensor measuring apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298618 A1Mitutoyo Corporation
- Edge shape measurement apparatus and method of measuring edge shape10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266596 A1Fujikoshi Machinery Corp.
- Measurement devices and measurement methods for zero-point positioning of machine tool rotary axes13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235396 A1Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (Group) Co., Ltd.
- High-precision measurement system and method for pose of six-degree-of-freedom parallel mechanism6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227175 A1Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of Cas
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and surveying system for noncontact coordinate measurement on an object surface272US 9,020,240 B2Leica Geosystems AG · 2015
- Laser probe for determining distance226US 4,733,969 ACyberOptics Corporation · 1988
- Method and apparatus for non-contact measurement of object surfaces221US 5,251,156 ACarl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Heidenheim/Brenz · 1993
- Profile-measuring light probe using a change in reflection factor in the proximity of a critical angle of light199US 4,743,770 AMitutoyo Mfg. Co., Ltd. · 1988
- Portable coordinate measurement machine with integrated line laser scanner162US 7,246,030 B2Faro Technologies, Inc. · 2007