G01B 3/46
Plug gauges for internal dimensions with engaging surfaces which are at a
Official title: Plug gauges for internal dimensions with engaging surfaces which are at a fixed distance, although they may be preadjustable
G01B3/46 (Plug gauges for internal dimensions with engaging surfaces which are at a) appears on 189 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 189
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 310
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical tool312US 5,800,438 AFinsbury (Instruments) Limited · 1998
- Measurement instrument for percutaneous surgery133US 7,383,639 B2Medtronic Spine LLC · 2008
- Pipe connector100US 4,601,491 AVetco Offshore, Inc. · 1986
- Method of gaging and joining pipe98US 4,127,927 A1978
- Heart valve sizing gauge57US 4,211,241 AKastec Corporation · 1980