G01M 11/005
Testing of reflective surfaces
Official title: {Testing of reflective surfaces, e.g. mirrors}
G01M11/005 (Testing of reflective surfaces) appears on 247 US grants and 231 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01M- Granted patents
- 247
- Published applications
- 231
- Assignees
- 174
- Inventors
- 618
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Measurement device for interferometric measurement of a surface shape15 Sep 2026US 12,736,331 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- LED wall surface reflectance7 Jul 2026US 12,674,718 B2Activision Publishing, Inc.
- Automated testing of optical assemblies16 Jun 2026US 12,656,214 B2IonQ, Inc.
- Failure determination system for a lighting apparatus16 Jun 2026US 12,656,216 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Measuring device for interferometrically measuring a surface form5 May 2026US 12,618,664 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Device for measuring the flatness of a surface or the thickness of a flat glass panel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309481 A1
- Optical element inspection method, system, and application9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194417 A1Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for testing composite optical components7 May 2026US 2026/0126342 A1Schott AG
- Method for reducing aberrations of an optical element, optical element and semiconductor system7 May 2026US 2026/0126731 A1Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Methods and system for determining aberrations of a projection system12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071918 A1ASML Netherlands B. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sub-nyquist interferometry130US 4,791,584 AEastman Kodak Company · 1988
- Four-mirror extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography projection system83US 6,142,641 AThe Regents of the University of California · 2000
- Apparatus for mapping optical elements60US 5,825,476 AVisionix Ltd. · 1998
- Apparatus and method of inspection of specular and semi-specular surfaces40US 5,636,024 AMusco Corporation · 1997
- Micromirror type image forming apparatus and administration method for the same38US 5,796,508 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 1998