G01B 5/008
Using coordinate measuring machines
Official title: using coordinate measuring machines
G01B5/008 (Using coordinate measuring machines) appears on 1,281 US grants and 1,135 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
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- 318
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Generation of measurement strategy for measuring a measurement object6 Oct 2026US 12,754,005 B2Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
- Measurement device and a measurement interface having a radio communications module6 Oct 2026US 12,756,422 B2Renishaw PLC
- Groove shape measuring method and groove shape measuring apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,736,320 B2Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
- Metrology system28 Jul 2026US 12,693,108 B2Leica Geosystems AG
- Batch production system and batch production method23 Jun 2026US 12,663,263 B2Hexagon Innovation Hub GmbH
- Coordinate positioning machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309475 A1Renishaw PLC
- Method and system for efficient inspection of manufacturing part10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266595 A1Triad National Security, LLC
- Coordinate measurement machine assembly for elevation work assemblies27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251434 A1Terex South Dakota, Inc.
- Touch probe27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251435 A1Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
- Coordinate positioning machine13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233402 A1Renishaw PLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Computer interface apparatus including linkage having flex1,253US 6,697,048 B2Immersion Corporation · 2004
- Method and apparatus for controlling force feedback interface systems utilizing a host computer644US 5,734,373 AImmersion Human Interface Corporation · 1998
- High bandwidth force feedback interface using voice coils and flexures633US 5,805,140 AImmersion Corporation · 1998
- Method and apparatus for controlling human-computer interface systems providing force feedback485US 5,739,811 AImmersion Human Interface Corporation · 1998
- Force feedback interface device including grounded sensor system480US 5,929,846 AImmersion Corporation · 1999