G01C 7/06
Tracing profiles: of cavities
Official title: of cavities, e.g. tunnels
G01C7/06 (Tracing profiles: of cavities) appears on 73 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
- 73
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 203
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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