G01B 21/16
Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered
Official title: for measuring distance of clearance between spaced objects
G01B21/16 (Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered) appears on 376 US grants and 456 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 376
- Published applications
- 456
- Assignees
- 304
- Inventors
- 1,018
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2010 | 3 | 11 |
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| 2012 | 8 | 14 |
| 2013 | 13 | 27 |
| 2014 | 13 | 40 |
| 2015 | 23 | 65 |
| 2016 | 28 | 27 |
| 2017 | 36 | 25 |
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| 2019 | 43 | 30 |
| 2020 | 40 | 19 |
| 2021 | 23 | 27 |
| 2022 | 19 | 16 |
| 2023 | 14 | 16 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 |
| 2025 | 18 | 25 |
| 2026 | 7 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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