G01B 11/24

Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques: for measuring contours

Official title: for measuring contours or curvatures

G01B11/24 (Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques: for measuring contours) appears on 8,744 US grants and 9,510 published applications in this corpus.

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Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	17	0
1977	12	0
1978	15	0
1979	18	0
1980	22	0
1981	18	0
1982	19	0
1983	21	0
1984	21	0
1985	28	0
1986	29	0
1987	53	0
1988	40	0
1989	52	0
1990	47	0
1991	46	0
1992	50	0
1993	46	0
1994	53	0
1995	76	0
1996	51	0
1997	57	0
1998	92	0
1999	95	0
2000	70	0
2001	70	26
2002	74	109
2003	82	139
2004	102	151
2005	112	140
2006	122	187
2007	124	183
2008	159	206
2009	178	226
2010	176	294
2011	157	231
2012	198	293
2013	203	354
2014	237	395
2015	333	454
2016	357	479
2017	412	541
2018	473	603
2019	602	696
2020	678	764
2021	614	726
2022	569	642
2023	467	499
2024	499	468
2025	432	417
2026	266	287

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