G01C
Measuring distances, levels or bearings
Official title: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
G01C (Measuring distances, levels or bearings) appears on 56,764 US grants and 63,039 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
- 56,764
- Published applications
- 63,039
- Assignees
- 10,610
- Inventors
- 89,479
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 179 | 0 |
| 1977 | 147 | 0 |
| 1978 | 175 | 0 |
| 1979 | 158 | 0 |
| 1980 | 138 | 0 |
| 1981 | 213 | 0 |
| 1982 | 173 | 0 |
| 1983 | 174 | 0 |
| 1984 | 201 | 0 |
| 1985 | 211 | 0 |
| 1986 | 179 | 0 |
| 1987 | 305 | 0 |
| 1988 | 196 | 0 |
| 1989 | 292 | 0 |
| 1990 | 240 | 0 |
| 1991 | 290 | 0 |
| 1992 | 293 | 0 |
| 1993 | 280 | 0 |
| 1994 | 329 | 0 |
| 1995 | 377 | 0 |
| 1996 | 335 | 0 |
| 1997 | 328 | 0 |
| 1998 | 504 | 0 |
| 1999 | 530 | 0 |
| 2000 | 634 | 0 |
| 2001 | 686 | 276 |
| 2002 | 810 | 779 |
| 2003 | 778 | 860 |
| 2004 | 787 | 1003 |
| 2005 | 702 | 1109 |
| 2006 | 756 | 1329 |
| 2007 | 776 | 1364 |
| 2008 | 808 | 1577 |
| 2009 | 840 | 1689 |
| 2010 | 1035 | 1927 |
| 2011 | 1129 | 1838 |
| 2012 | 1407 | 1875 |
| 2013 | 1754 | 2398 |
| 2014 | 2088 | 2569 |
| 2015 | 2401 | 2970 |
| 2016 | 2522 | 3150 |
| 2017 | 2862 | 3366 |
| 2018 | 2758 | 3693 |
| 2019 | 3375 | 4120 |
| 2020 | 3375 | 4729 |
| 2021 | 3399 | 4381 |
| 2022 | 3312 | 3972 |
| 2023 | 3344 | 3651 |
| 2024 | 3251 | 3463 |
| 2025 | 2940 | 2992 |
| 2026 | 1988 | 1959 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- G01C 21/00Navigation34,528
- G01C 19/00Gyroscopes6,871
- G01C 15/00Surveying instruments or accessories not provided for in groups g01c1/00 - g01c13/003,923
- G01C 3/00Measuring distances in line of sight2,774
- G01C 9/00Measuring inclination2,595
- G01C 23/00Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value2,504
- G01C 11/00Photogrammetry or videogrammetry2,201
- G01C 22/00Measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles, persons, animals or other1,779
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