G01B 9/02034
Characterised by particularly shaped beams or wavefronts
Official title: {characterised by particularly shaped beams or wavefronts}
G01B9/02034 (Characterised by particularly shaped beams or wavefronts) appears on 324 US grants and 316 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 324
- Published applications
- 316
- Assignees
- 168
- Inventors
- 613
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 18 |
| 2004 | 10 | 8 |
| 2005 | 10 | 9 |
| 2006 | 15 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 8 | 6 |
| 2009 | 11 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 19 |
| 2011 | 9 | 12 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9 |
| 2013 | 15 | 10 |
| 2014 | 11 | 10 |
| 2015 | 12 | 16 |
| 2016 | 9 | 17 |
| 2017 | 11 | 13 |
| 2018 | 20 | 24 |
| 2019 | 26 | 20 |
| 2020 | 14 | 15 |
| 2021 | 14 | 13 |
| 2022 | 12 | 17 |
| 2023 | 8 | 15 |
| 2024 | 13 | 17 |
| 2025 | 13 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for wafer shape pairing for improved post-bonding performance18 Aug 2026US 12,710,378 B2KLA Corporation
- Geometric phase in-line scanning holography system for transmissive object19 May 2026US 12,632,006 B2Cubixel Co., Ltd.
- Measuring device for interferometrically measuring a surface form5 May 2026US 12,618,664 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Low coherence interferometer imaging system21 Apr 2026US 12,607,451 B2National Taiwan University
- Measuring device for interferometric shape measurement10 Mar 2026US 12,571,985 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Optical coherence tomography apparatus, method of controlling thereof, and recording medium23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210695 A1Topcon Corporation
- Optical measurement method and optical measurement system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160539 A1Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Zero-order overlay metrology4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153323 A1KLA Corporation
- Fringe projection-based spatial phase imaging monitoring system using single optical path21 May 2026US 2026/0139941 A1Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
- Swept source OCT system with multi spatial mode gain chip5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063413 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for low coherence ranging298US 7,310,150 B2The General Hospital Corporation · 2007
- Optical coherence tomography assisted ophthalmologic surgical microscope231US 5,493,109 ACarl Zeiss AG · 1996
- Method and apparatus for white-light dispersed-fringe interferometric measurement of corneal topography177US 5,317,389 ACalifornia Institute of Technology · 1994
- Optical coherence tomography with 3d coherence scanning150US 7,474,407 B2Applied Science Innovations, Inc. · 2009
- Sub-nyquist interferometry130US 4,791,584 AEastman Kodak Company · 1988