G01C 15/00
Surveying instruments or accessories not provided for in groups g01c1/00 - g01c13/00
Official title: Surveying instruments or accessories not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C13/00
G01C15/00 (Surveying instruments or accessories not provided for in groups g01c1/00 - g01c13/00) appears on 3,923 US grants and 3,632 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
- 3,923
- Published applications
- 3,632
- Assignees
- 1,221
- Inventors
- 5,655
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 25 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 24 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 29 | 0 |
| 1990 | 29 | 0 |
| 1991 | 38 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 37 | 0 |
| 1994 | 29 | 0 |
| 1995 | 35 | 0 |
| 1996 | 53 | 0 |
| 1997 | 45 | 0 |
| 1998 | 84 | 0 |
| 1999 | 84 | 0 |
| 2000 | 88 | 0 |
| 2001 | 76 | 19 |
| 2002 | 89 | 85 |
| 2003 | 82 | 90 |
| 2004 | 98 | 107 |
| 2005 | 61 | 116 |
| 2006 | 88 | 126 |
| 2007 | 95 | 115 |
| 2008 | 86 | 104 |
| 2009 | 95 | 112 |
| 2010 | 91 | 157 |
| 2011 | 97 | 97 |
| 2012 | 80 | 137 |
| 2013 | 127 | 152 |
| 2014 | 138 | 153 |
| 2015 | 145 | 188 |
| 2016 | 160 | 132 |
| 2017 | 155 | 172 |
| 2018 | 150 | 174 |
| 2019 | 168 | 212 |
| 2020 | 170 | 211 |
| 2021 | 173 | 188 |
| 2022 | 156 | 209 |
| 2023 | 166 | 190 |
| 2024 | 152 | 136 |
| 2025 | 132 | 137 |
| 2026 | 87 | 113 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laser levels and accessories6 Oct 2026US 12,754,018 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Surveying device comprising a range imaging sensor and a settable target illuminator to provide an area illumination in different illumination states29 Sep 2026US 12,747,944 B2Hexagon Innovation Hub GmbH
- Geodetic surveying system and method of operation29 Sep 2026US 12,747,945 B2
- Survey pole with integrated antenna29 Sep 2026US 12,749,794 B2RTR Technologies, Inc.
- Vertical-height gauge and measuring method15 Sep 2026US 12,736,321 B2Anhui Agricultural University
- Systems and methods for localizing and positioning solar module arrays8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309494 A1Planted Solar, Inc.
- Wall detection instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309888 A1Yongzhou Noyafa Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Methods for non-contact monitoring of three-dimensional global landslide deformation with millimeter-level accuracy8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311343 A1Sichuan University
- Levelling apparatus and method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298628 A1
- Laser scanning method, laser scanning device, and program1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298631 A1Topcon Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated system for quickly and accurately imaging and modeling three dimensional objects476US 5,988,862 ACyra Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- Robot cleaner355US 5,440,216 ASamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Method and apparatus for collecting and processing visual and spatial position information from a moving platform341US 5,633,946 AGeospan Corporation · 1997
- Personal dGPS golf course cartographer, navigator and internet web site with map exchange and tutor339US 6,456,938 B12002
- Method and system for determining position on a moving platform, such as a ship, using signals from GPS satellites329US 4,894,662 AWestern Atlas International, Inc. · 1990