G01B 5/0009
Guiding surfaces
Official title: {Guiding surfaces; Arrangements compensating for non-linearity there-of}
G01B5/0009 (Guiding surfaces) appears on 107 US grants and 82 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 107
- Published applications
- 82
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 207
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2006 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2020 | 8 | 14 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Jig for alignment in relation to a process chamber, and related apparatus, systems, and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,703,918 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Distance measuring device and method for measuring distance13 Jan 2026US 12,523,640 B2Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
- Measurement method, imprint apparatus, and article manufacturing method30 Sep 2025US 12,429,764 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Column depth measuring guide15 Jul 2025US 12,359,902 B2Agilent Technologies, Inc.
- Three degrees of freedom (3DoFs) precision positioning wedge air bearing stage system (WABSS)1 Jul 2025US 12,345,371 B2Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Insertion tool for inspection16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104243 A1General Electric Company
- Measuring machine4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369747 A1Carl Mahr Holding GmbH
- Guiding device, guiding method, measurement device, object manufacturing facility, measuring method, object manufacturing method, and object quality control method9 Jan 2025US 2025/0012558 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Jig for alignment in relation to a process chamber, and related apparatus, systems, and methods31 Oct 2024US 2024/0360560 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Method and Device for Measuring a Measurement Object15 Aug 2024US 2024/0271928 A1Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik GmbH & Co.KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Position determination apparatus58US 4,932,131 ARenishaw PLC · 1990
- Method and apparatus for determining and correcting guidance errors47US 4,587,622 ACarl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Heidenheim/Brenz · 1986
- Correction apparatus for longitudinal or angular measuring system23US 4,170,829 ADr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH · 1979
- Plane of reference device22US 4,197,652 AGeneral Electric Company · 1980
- Precision measuring apparatus having a measuring interval sealed from environmental influences20US 4,377,036 ADr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH · 1983