G01B 9/00
Measuring instruments characterised by the use of optical techniques
G01B9/00 (Measuring instruments characterised by the use of optical techniques) appears on 5,528 US grants and 5,557 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 5,528
- Published applications
- 5,557
- Assignees
- 1,880
- Inventors
- 8,726
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 59 | 19 |
| 2002 | 45 | 63 |
| 2003 | 86 | 136 |
| 2004 | 92 | 126 |
| 2005 | 92 | 136 |
| 2006 | 136 | 161 |
| 2007 | 101 | 161 |
| 2008 | 143 | 171 |
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| 2010 | 118 | 220 |
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| 2012 | 131 | 239 |
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| 2019 | 309 | 288 |
| 2020 | 252 | 298 |
| 2021 | 265 | 309 |
| 2022 | 262 | 302 |
| 2023 | 216 | 241 |
| 2024 | 225 | 251 |
| 2025 | 232 | 179 |
| 2026 | 126 | 149 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image-plane self-calibration in interferometry using closed triad imaging6 Oct 2026US 12,754,009 B2Associated Universties, Inc.
- Cylindric decomposition for efficient mitigation of substrate deformation with film deposition and ion implantation29 Sep 2026US 12,751,253 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Method, a device and a system for numerical data processing22 Sep 2026US 12,740,700 B2OPTOPOL Technology Spolka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia
- Optical coherence tomograph22 Sep 2026US 12,742,629 B2Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
- System and method for high-resolution reflection tomographic imaging22 Sep 2026US 12,742,630 B2Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Apparatus for an optical imaging system, optical imaging system, method and computer program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309971 A1Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Method for driving laser light source and laser interferometer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298612 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Interference observation device and interference observation method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298613 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Compact interferometer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298614 A1United Kingdom Research and Innovation
- Optical sensor modules with interferometric sensing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298615 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample1,199US 5,321,501 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope1,079US 6,134,003 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements1,018US 5,459,570 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995
- Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging722US 6,564,087 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2003