G01N 2021/8472
Investigation of composite materials
Official title: {Investigation of composite materials}
G01N2021/8472 (Investigation of composite materials) appears on 208 US grants and 233 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 208
- Published applications
- 233
- Assignees
- 123
- Inventors
- 441
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 8 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10 |
| 2008 | 6 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 8 | 7 |
| 2011 | 11 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 16 |
| 2017 | 13 | 16 |
| 2018 | 10 | 23 |
| 2019 | 20 | 22 |
| 2020 | 22 | 13 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 18 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7 |
| 2026 | 9 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Unconsolidated composite material component verification via non-contact chemical sensing4 Aug 2026US 12,699,056 B2The Boeing Company
- Method and system for controlling the application of a patch26 May 2026US 12,636,794 B2Safran Nacelles
- In-process inspection tool26 May 2026US 12,636,841 B2Wichita State University
- Fluorosurfactant detection12 May 2026US 12,625,077 B2Ohio Northern University
- Method for analyzing composite semipermeable membrane21 Apr 2026US 12,605,677 B2Toray Industries, Inc.
- Wind turbine blade manufacturing using intelligent imaging17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278762 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Methods of selecting measurement equipment20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241648 A1The Boeing Company
- System and method for surface inspection of a composite part of an aircraft25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175999 A1Airbus SAS
- Method and system for surface inspection of a cured composite part comprising glass fibers and carbon fibers, in particular of an aircraft25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177498 A1
- Digital analysis of heterogeneous materials14 May 2026US 2026/0133176 A1Sika Technology AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods enabling automated return to and/or repair of defects with a material placement machine161US 7,039,485 B2The Boeing Company · 2006
- Composite material laser flaw detection106US 5,562,788 AThe Boeing Company · 1996
- Bright field illumination system71US 5,825,495 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 1998
- Foreign object video detection and alert system and method68US 6,064,429 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 2000
- Method and apparatus for detecting and measuring laps and gaps in composite materials66US 5,963,660 AThe Boeing Company · 1999