G01M 11/025
By determining the shape of the object to be tested
Official title: {by determining the shape of the object to be tested (measuring contours or curvatures by optical means G01B11/24)}
G01M11/025 (By determining the shape of the object to be tested) appears on 196 US grants and 206 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01M- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Method for measuring twist of optical fiber and method for manufacturing optical fiber11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160641 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for obtaining mode field diameter of optical fiber23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110592 A1NTT, Inc.
- Method and device for determining the refractive index of a wedge-shaped test object26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086030 A1Trioptics GmbH
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By later US patents
- Method of manufacturing an optical system73US 6,312,373 B1Nikon Corporation · 2001
- Optical position and/or shape sensing69US 8,773,650 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2014
- Ophthalmic lens inspection method and apparatus63US 5,717,781 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1998
- Method of and systems for measuring eccentricity of an aspherical lens surface53US 5,844,670 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1998
- Measuring method and measuring apparatus51US 5,940,181 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999