G01N 2035/0491
Position sensing, encoding
Official title: {Position sensing, encoding; closed-loop control}
G01N2035/0491 (Position sensing, encoding) appears on 442 US grants and 568 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 442
- Published applications
- 568
- Assignees
- 217
- Inventors
- 1,121
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 14 | 19 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 8 | 16 |
| 2006 | 5 | 14 |
| 2007 | 7 | 12 |
| 2008 | 1 | 11 |
| 2009 | 10 | 12 |
| 2010 | 9 | 13 |
| 2011 | 9 | 13 |
| 2012 | 10 | 20 |
| 2013 | 11 | 17 |
| 2014 | 15 | 22 |
| 2015 | 20 | 32 |
| 2016 | 18 | 39 |
| 2017 | 24 | 28 |
| 2018 | 23 | 26 |
| 2019 | 34 | 26 |
| 2020 | 25 | 31 |
| 2021 | 27 | 30 |
| 2022 | 22 | 32 |
| 2023 | 12 | 29 |
| 2024 | 36 | 49 |
| 2025 | 26 | 29 |
| 2026 | 19 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electromagnetic PCB crossroads topologies for automation track systems18 Aug 2026US 12,709,494 B2Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
- Positioning system18 Aug 2026US 12,710,438 B2Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
- Inspection apparatus and inspection method30 Jun 2026US 12,669,463 B2Tokyo Electron Limited
- System and method for automatic inspection of vehicles23 Jun 2026US 12,663,341 B2Spinframe Technologies Ltd
- Sample conveying device and method with speed abnormality detection23 Jun 2026US 12,663,431 B2Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automated centrifuge loader8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309732 A1Babson Diagnostics, Inc.
- Method of delivering a receptacle to an instrument27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251673 A1Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Conveyance device and conveyance method6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225831 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Labware repositioning system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210990 A1Nucleus Automation Partners, LLC
- Actuator for operating circularly arranged valves of a fluidic device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201976 A1Gen-Probe Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated molecular biology laboratory487US 5,443,791 APerkin Elmer - Applied Biosystems Division · 1995
- Robotically operated laboratory system458US 5,366,896 AThe University of Virginia Alumni Patents Foundation · 1994
- Assay plates, reader systems and methods for luminescence test measurements222US 6,977,722 B2Meso Scale Technologies, LLC. · 2005
- Sample distribution apparatus/system191US 6,599,476 B1A.i. Scientific Pty Ltd. · 2003
- Pipette tip with self-aligning and self-sealing features190US 5,232,669 AAbbott Laboratories · 1993