G01J 5/046
Materials
Official title: {Materials; Selection of thermal materials}
G01J5/046 (Materials) appears on 506 US grants and 481 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01J- Granted patents
- 506
- Published applications
- 481
- Assignees
- 350
- Inventors
- 1,276
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2004 | 7 | 16 |
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| 2022 | 11 | 31 |
| 2023 | 25 | 21 |
| 2024 | 20 | 25 |
| 2025 | 22 | 14 |
| 2026 | 7 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical transitional switch18 Aug 2026US 12,710,235 B2Raytheon Company
- Sensor element, and sensor device26 May 2026US 12,638,335 B2The University of Tokyo
- Infrared sensor and method for manufacturing the same19 May 2026US 12,631,493 B2NEC Corporation
- Electroconductive thermal insulating material and infrared sensor10 Feb 2026US 12,546,659 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Wearable environmental sensor device20 Jan 2026US 12,527,510 B2NTT, Inc.
- Method for manufacturing sensing material for thermography image sensor and thermography image sensor comprising same2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185216 A1Boda LLC
- Electromagnetic wave detector and electromagnetic wave detector array18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168848 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Infrared detection element and infrared sensor having same11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160600 A1TDK Corporation
- Transparent ceramic windows for hypersonic application7 May 2026US 2026/0126324 A1Battelle Memorial Institute
- Ear Temperature Detection Device16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104298 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ear-type clinical thermometer476US 7,410,290 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Bio Echo Net · 2008
- Nano- and micro-electromechanical resonators275US 9,425,765 B2Northeastern University · 2016
- Infrared electronic thermometer and method for measuring temperature209US 4,797,840 AThermoscan Inc. · 1989
- Disposable speculum with membrane bonding ring195US 5,179,936 AIntelligent Medical Systems, Inc. · 1993
- Infrared thermometer with automatic calibration155US 4,784,149 AOptical Sensors Incorporated · 1988