G01J 1/46
Using a capacitor
Official title: using a capacitor
G01J1/46 (Using a capacitor) appears on 582 US grants and 566 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01J- Granted patents
- 582
- Published applications
- 566
- Assignees
- 331
- Inventors
- 1,096
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 13 | 16 |
| 2005 | 7 | 20 |
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| 2020 | 27 | 43 |
| 2021 | 41 | 38 |
| 2022 | 44 | 28 |
| 2023 | 31 | 20 |
| 2024 | 33 | 20 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9 |
| 2026 | 10 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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