G01N 21/57
Measuring gloss
G01N21/57 (Measuring gloss) appears on 382 US grants and 352 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 382
- Published applications
- 352
- Assignees
- 217
- Inventors
- 666
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11 |
| 2003 | 11 | 12 |
| 2004 | 10 | 17 |
| 2005 | 8 | 14 |
| 2006 | 22 | 20 |
| 2007 | 9 | 14 |
| 2008 | 15 | 18 |
| 2009 | 17 | 13 |
| 2010 | 13 | 8 |
| 2011 | 10 | 13 |
| 2012 | 9 | 14 |
| 2013 | 11 | 14 |
| 2014 | 16 | 13 |
| 2015 | 12 | 18 |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 |
| 2017 | 10 | 14 |
| 2018 | 18 | 20 |
| 2019 | 21 | 18 |
| 2020 | 10 | 14 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12 |
| 2023 | 11 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 |
| 2025 | 9 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Mono-cell manufacturing apparatus with gloss meter and manufacturing method using the same8 Sep 2026US 12,731,808 B2LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Optical inspection method, non-transitory storage medium, and optical inspection apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,710,356 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- System and method for geometric transformation of a dimensional inspection16 Jun 2026US 12,656,102 B2Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Light-based protractor and use thereof for detection of color associated with physical coatings21 Apr 2026US 12,607,513 B2PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
- Optical system comprising ans optical multiplexer24 Feb 2026US 12,560,533 B2X-Rite Europe GmbH
- Apparatus and method for measuring optical properties, in particular color measuring device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168917 A1BYK Gardner GmbH
- Imaging-based non-contact gloss measurement device and method12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071959 A1WeSpectra (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Method for Simultaneously Determining Parameters of at Least One Resin Layer Applied to at Least One Carrier Material5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063544 A1Flooring Technologies Ltd.
- Inspection apparatus and method of controlling inspection apparatus18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383285 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Installation method and jig set4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369558 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object133US 6,271,913 B1LJ Laboratories, L.L.C. · 2001
- Method for determing optical characteristics of teeth129US 5,759,030 ALJ Laboratories, L.L.C. · 1998
- Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of teeth127US 5,880,826 AL J Laboratories, L.L.C. · 1999
- Apparatus for determining optical characteristics of an object117US 5,745,229 ALJ Laboratories, L.L.C. · 1998
- Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object117US 6,249,340 B1LJ Laboratories, L.L.C. · 2001