G01N 2021/4776
Miscellaneous in diffuse reflection devices
Official title: {Miscellaneous in diffuse reflection devices}
G01N2021/4776 (Miscellaneous in diffuse reflection devices) appears on 76 US grants and 46 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 76
- Published applications
- 46
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 188
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Reference switch architectures for noncontact sensing of substances18 Aug 2026US 12,710,358 B2Apple Inc.
- Edge portion measuring apparatus and method for measuring edge portion21 Oct 2025US 12,449,378 B2Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
- Measuring apparatus and method for roughness and/or defect measurement on a surface22 Jul 2025US 12,366,445 B2ASML Netherlands B. V.
- Phase retrieval22 Jul 2025US 12,366,525 B2Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
- Optical measurement device and optical measurement method1 Jul 2025US 12,345,628 B2Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Imaging Using Reflected Illuminated Structures12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043740 A1
- Reference switch architectures for noncontact sensing of substances12 Dec 2024US 2024/0410822 A1Apple Inc.
- Phase retrieval11 Jul 2024US 2024/0230530 A9Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
- Measuring apparatus and method for roughness and/or defect measurement on a surface6 Jun 2024US 2024/0183655 A1ASML Netherlands B. V.
- Method and apparatus for inspecting lacquered surfaces with effect pigments6 Jun 2024US 2024/0183788 A1BYK Gardner GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Test card for performing assays209US 5,075,077 AAbbott Laboratories · 1991
- Test array for performing assays203US 5,281,540 AAbbott Laboratories · 1994
- Measuring apparatus199US 5,316,727 ATerumo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1994
- Apparatus for analysis of specific binding complexes169US 5,132,097 AG.D. Research · 1992
- Test strip holding and reading mechanism for a meter168US 5,232,668 ABoehringer Mannheim GmbH · 1993