G01K 13/20
Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals
G01K13/20 (Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals) appears on 1,090 US grants and 1,245 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01K- Granted patents
- 1,090
- Published applications
- 1,245
- Assignees
- 558
- Inventors
- 2,213
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12 |
| 2003 | 9 | 15 |
| 2004 | 5 | 26 |
| 2005 | 18 | 31 |
| 2006 | 12 | 25 |
| 2007 | 16 | 37 |
| 2008 | 17 | 44 |
| 2009 | 11 | 38 |
| 2010 | 18 | 35 |
| 2011 | 22 | 47 |
| 2012 | 22 | 45 |
| 2013 | 28 | 43 |
| 2014 | 35 | 47 |
| 2015 | 26 | 53 |
| 2016 | 45 | 103 |
| 2017 | 63 | 51 |
| 2018 | 52 | 56 |
| 2019 | 52 | 72 |
| 2020 | 45 | 60 |
| 2021 | 45 | 81 |
| 2022 | 43 | 87 |
| 2023 | 52 | 83 |
| 2024 | 50 | 78 |
| 2025 | 50 | 45 |
| 2026 | 56 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Disposable electronic thermometer15 Sep 2026US 12,733,818 B2Amosense Co., Ltd.
- Veterinary thermometer and method of managing animal health considering ambient temperature and humidity conditions8 Sep 2026US 12,727,765 B2Geissler Companies, LLC
- Body temperature estimation system and method considering movements of target person and changes in external temperature25 Aug 2026US 12,714,314 B2Korea Electronics Technology Institute
- Wearable device having a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) resonator for skin temperature sensing25 Aug 2026US 12,714,315 B2Google Inc.
- Systems and methods for contagious illness surveillance and outbreak detection18 Aug 2026US 12,712,086 B2Kinsa Health, LLC
- Flavored thermometer cover device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298731 A1
- Grideye sensor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283475 A1Key Tronic Corporation
- Infrared ear temperature measuring device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287433 A1Microlife Corporation
- Thermocouple Device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266669 A1Measurement Specialties (Chengdu) Ltd.
- Devices and sensing method for measuring temperature from an ear13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232265 A1Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for computer-assisted monitoring of the body1,790US 5,050,612 A1991
- Apparatus and method for measuring biologic parameters1,280US 7,187,960 B22007
- System for monitoring health, wellness and fitness having a method and apparatus for improved measurement of heat flow688US 6,595,929 B2BodyMedia, Inc. · 2003
- Personal physiological monitor670US 4,509,531 ATeledyne Industries, Inc. · 1985
- Patient-worn wireless physiological sensor629US 10,226,187 B2Masimo Corporation · 2019