G01N 2021/945
Liquid or solid deposits of macroscopic size on surfaces
Official title: {Liquid or solid deposits of macroscopic size on surfaces, e.g. drops, films, or clustered contaminants}
G01N2021/945 (Liquid or solid deposits of macroscopic size on surfaces) appears on 136 US grants and 178 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 136
- Published applications
- 178
- Assignees
- 153
- Inventors
- 465
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
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| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 10 | 12 |
| 2020 | 9 | 20 |
| 2021 | 9 | 16 |
| 2022 | 11 | 17 |
| 2023 | 16 | 17 |
| 2024 | 10 | 14 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for non-contact detection of hydrocarbon and other fluorescence materials on a surface1 Sep 2026US 12,723,983 B2
- Estimating biofilm biomass on objects in an aquatic environment23 Jun 2026US 12,663,382 B2Akzo Nobel Coatings International B. V.
- Sensor arrangement for optical elements in laser material processing heads16 Jun 2026US 12,656,173 B2II-Vi Delaware, Inc.
- Surface energy measurement instrument for metal foil and measurement method using the same26 May 2026US 12,638,371 B2LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Target detection device, machine learning implementation device, target detection program, and machine learning implementation program24 Mar 2026US 12,586,337 B2Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Closed space monitoring system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259035 A1Agat Co., Ltd.
- Method of performing spectral analysis18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168922 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Surface characterizing device system19 Mar 2026US 2026/0079118 A1Hempel A/S
- Visualizing presence of ionic electrically charged particles including virus particles and bacteria particles on a surface12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071949 A1
- Device and method for determining a state of an optical system for an endoscope26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056086 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wafer inspection system for distinguishing pits and particles76US 6,118,525 AADE Optical Systems Corporation · 2000
- Surface inspection and characterization system and process50US 5,406,082 AThiokol Corporation · 1995
- Wafer inspection system for distinguishing pits and particles41US 6,292,259 B1ADE Optical Systems Corporation · 2001
- Acousto-optic tunable filter-based surface scanning system and process36US 5,541,413 AThiokol Corporation · 1996
- Method and apparatus for pipe imaging with chemical analysis26US 9,927,354 B1RedZone Robotics, Inc. · 2018