G01B 11/168
By means of polarisation
Official title: {by means of polarisation}
G01B11/168 (By means of polarisation) appears on 71 US grants and 64 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 71
- Published applications
- 64
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 180
- Latest grant
- 28 Oct 2025
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 11 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Measurement device for measuring light, measurement system and measurement method for detecting light parameters28 Oct 2025US 12,455,161 B2
- Optical palpation device and method for evaluating a mechanical property of a sample material18 Mar 2025US 12,253,351 B2OncoRes Medical Pty Ltd
- Methods and apparatus to determine a shape of an optical fiber sensor25 Feb 2025US 12,235,095 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Strain distribution measurement system and strain distribution measurement method that measure strain distribution based on distribution of reflectance or polarization characteristic6 Aug 2024US 12,055,382 B2Shimadzu Corporation
- Sensor assembly for measuring at least a first torsion of a rotor blade of a wind turbine generator system9 Jul 2024US 12,031,886 B2Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
- Methods and apparatus to determine a shape of an optical fiber sensor8 Feb 2024US 2024/0044638 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Measurement Device for Measuring Light, Measurement System and Measurement Method for Detecting Light Parameters22 Jun 2023US 2023/0194244 A1
- Sensor assembly for measuring at least a first torsion of a rotor blade of a wind turbine generator system8 Jun 2023US 2023/0175917 A1Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
- Methods and apparatus to determine a twist parameter and/or a bend angle associated with a multi-core fiber22 Dec 2022US 2022/0404144 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Real-time through-thickness and in-plane strain monitoring in carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites using planar optical bragg gratings18 Aug 2022US 2022/0260363 A1University of Southampton
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical position and/or shape sensing69US 8,773,650 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2014
- Apparatus and method for electronic analysis of test objects46US 4,887,899 A1989
- Method and apparatus for detecting layers of stress in lenses41US 3,969,023 AAmerican Optical Corporation · 1976
- Device for detecting strain and foreign matters in glass container by a non-storage type pickup tube27US 3,963,348 AYamamura Glass Co., Ltd. · 1976
- Methods and apparatus to determine strain on an optical core based on tracked change in phase22US 9,784,569 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2017