G01L 1/14
Measuring force or stress, in general: by measuring variations in capacitance or
Official title: by measuring variations in capacitance or inductance of electrical elements, e.g. by measuring variations of frequency of electrical oscillators
G01L1/14 (Measuring force or stress, in general: by measuring variations in capacitance or) appears on 1,390 US grants and 1,561 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01L- Granted patents
- 1,390
- Published applications
- 1,561
- Assignees
- 772
- Inventors
- 3,258
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 9 |
| 2003 | 15 | 13 |
| 2004 | 15 | 22 |
| 2005 | 15 | 25 |
| 2006 | 22 | 29 |
| 2007 | 21 | 29 |
| 2008 | 19 | 26 |
| 2009 | 18 | 31 |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 |
| 2011 | 19 | 24 |
| 2012 | 15 | 36 |
| 2013 | 21 | 37 |
| 2014 | 23 | 57 |
| 2015 | 53 | 64 |
| 2016 | 52 | 77 |
| 2017 | 60 | 103 |
| 2018 | 59 | 107 |
| 2019 | 105 | 138 |
| 2020 | 123 | 123 |
| 2021 | 102 | 100 |
| 2022 | 84 | 140 |
| 2023 | 83 | 105 |
| 2024 | 102 | 98 |
| 2025 | 90 | 83 |
| 2026 | 51 | 60 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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