G01C 15/105
Optical plumbing
Official title: {Optical plumbing}
G01C15/105 (Optical plumbing) appears on 130 US grants and 68 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
- 130
- Published applications
- 68
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 251
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 |
| 2004 | 8 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Laser level with adjustable direct projection to targets16 Jun 2026US 12,656,115 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Pile installation confirmation instrument21 Apr 2026US 12,606,973 B2Array Tech, Inc.
- Target and plumbing system for transferring a point of interest to a jobsite surface24 Mar 2026US 12,584,739 B2Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
- Surveying instrument10 Mar 2026US 12,571,631 B2Topcon Corporation
- Target and plumbing system for transferring a point of interest on a jobsite surface10 Mar 2026US 12,571,632 B2Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
- Surveying instrument4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153333 A1Trimble Inc.
- Pile installation confirmation instrument19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078558 A1Array Tech, Inc.
- Automated pile marker1 Jan 2026US 2026/0005640 A1Terabase Energy, Inc.
- Level30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334406 A1
- Laser-Level Glasses Device7 Nov 2024US 2024/0369859 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Building surveying device with an automatic plumb point finding functionality246US 10,054,441 B2Leica Geosystems AG · 2018
- Level line and limb line combination131US 5,864,956 A1999
- Automatic level and plumb tool75US 5,459,932 ALeveLite Technology, Inc. · 1995
- Three-dimensional laser levelling and angle-calibrating instrument with multiple functions73US 5,983,510 A1999
- Automatic optical levelling, plumbing, and verticality-determining apparatus57US 6,035,540 A2000