G01J 5/12
Using thermoelectric elements
Official title: using thermoelectric elements, e.g. thermocouples
G01J5/12 (Using thermoelectric elements) appears on 679 US grants and 683 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01J- Granted patents
- 679
- Published applications
- 683
- Assignees
- 351
- Inventors
- 1,271
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 31 | 35 |
| 2026 | 19 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for controlling a flux distribution of evaporated source material, detector for measuring electromagnetic radiation reflected on a source surface and system for thermal evaporation with electromagnetic radiation6 Oct 2026US 12,753,487 B2Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur FöRderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.
- Method and apparatus for determining the operational state of a contact device14 Jul 2026US 12,678,101 B2Bel Devices, Inc.
- Infrared sensor30 Jun 2026US 12,669,380 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Set for contactless temperature control, a method of generating electromagnetic radiation wavefronts and the use of the set to generate profiles of temperature fields16 Jun 2026US 12,656,794 B2Genomtec S.A.
- Infrared sensor, sensing system, and infrared sensing method2 Jun 2026US 12,644,772 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Radiation temperature measurement device, radiation temperature measurement method, and program for radiation temperature measurement device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298714 A1Horiba, Ltd.
- Temperature estimation system and temperature measurement device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298724 A1Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
- Method and Apparatus for Determining the Operational State of a Contact Device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272386 A1Bel Devices, Inc.
- Temperature sensing unit and temperature sensing method for human presence detection17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276449 A1Oriental System Technology Inc.
- Glazed element comprising a system for predicting and/or detecting condensation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241670 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Continuous temperature monitor654US 5,653,239 AExergen Corporation · 1997
- Method and apparatus for measuring internal body temperature utilizing infrared emissions284US 4,602,642 AIntelligent Medical Systems, Inc. · 1986
- Ambient and perfusion normalized temperature detector257US 6,299,347 B1Exergen Corporation · 2001
- Temporal artery temperature detector227US 6,292,685 B1Exergen Corporation · 2001
- Fiber optic ear thermometer196US 5,167,235 APat O. Daily Revocable Trust · 1992