G01J 3/0278
Control or determination of height or angle information for sensors or receivers
Official title: {Control or determination of height or angle information for sensors or receivers}
G01J3/0278 (Control or determination of height or angle information for sensors or receivers) appears on 241 US grants and 279 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01J- Granted patents
- 241
- Published applications
- 279
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 485
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 13 | 12 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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