G01C 21/3461
Preferred or disfavoured areas
Official title: {Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries}
G01C21/3461 (Preferred or disfavoured areas) appears on 1,936 US grants and 2,640 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
- 1,936
- Published applications
- 2,640
- Assignees
- 675
- Inventors
- 4,989
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 12 | 14 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15 |
| 2006 | 13 | 9 |
| 2007 | 11 | 17 |
| 2008 | 8 | 21 |
| 2009 | 11 | 30 |
| 2010 | 12 | 34 |
| 2011 | 15 | 33 |
| 2012 | 26 | 29 |
| 2013 | 37 | 40 |
| 2014 | 37 | 37 |
| 2015 | 49 | 46 |
| 2016 | 40 | 69 |
| 2017 | 61 | 86 |
| 2018 | 78 | 167 |
| 2019 | 122 | 206 |
| 2020 | 162 | 266 |
| 2021 | 193 | 288 |
| 2022 | 187 | 322 |
| 2023 | 217 | 289 |
| 2024 | 266 | 275 |
| 2025 | 211 | 165 |
| 2026 | 131 | 170 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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