G01C 15/06
Surveyors' staffs
Official title: Surveyors' staffs; Movable markers
G01C15/06 (Surveyors' staffs) appears on 411 US grants and 424 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
- 411
- Published applications
- 424
- Assignees
- 152
- Inventors
- 692
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 7 | 6 |
| 2007 | 10 | 8 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 9 | 6 |
| 2010 | 10 | 23 |
| 2011 | 5 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 16 |
| 2013 | 25 | 17 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 |
| 2015 | 13 | 27 |
| 2016 | 21 | 16 |
| 2017 | 21 | 13 |
| 2018 | 16 | 17 |
| 2019 | 12 | 27 |
| 2020 | 21 | 33 |
| 2021 | 25 | 35 |
| 2022 | 26 | 42 |
| 2023 | 30 | 27 |
| 2024 | 29 | 20 |
| 2025 | 11 | 18 |
| 2026 | 15 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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.
- Ground control point assignment and determination system8 Sep 2026US 12,729,960 B2Skydio, Inc.
- Survey system25 Aug 2026US 12,716,722 B2Topcon Corporation
- Precision multi-point sensor position and attitude calibration brackets4 Aug 2026US 12,698,988 B2TORC Robotics, Inc.
- Systems and methods for localizing and positioning solar module arrays8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309494 A1Planted Solar, Inc.
- Surveying laths and methods of making same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276380 A1United Surveying Supplies, LLC
- Surveying device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266607 A1Topcon Corporation
- Three-dimensional data measuring system and three-dimensional data measuring method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235404 A1Topcon Corporation
- Reflective Target and Method for Determining a Rotational Position of the Target30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219042 A1Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Marking system and method with location and/or time tracking185US 7,640,105 B2Certus View Technologies, LLC · 2009
- Target apparatus and method of making a measurement with the target apparatus86US 8,467,072 B2Faro Technologies, Inc. · 2013
- Marking apparatus having operational sensors for underground facility marking operations, and associated methods and systems74US 8,467,969 B2CertusView Technologies, LLC · 2013
- Laser land-surveying apparatus with digital display73US 4,029,415 ADakota Electron, Inc. · 1977
- Indirect position determination with the aid of a tracker70US 6,675,122 B1Leica Geosystems AG · 2004