G01N 21/898
Irregularities in textured or patterned surfaces
Official title: Irregularities in textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. textiles, wood
G01N21/898 (Irregularities in textured or patterned surfaces) appears on 263 US grants and 226 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 263
- Published applications
- 226
- Assignees
- 207
- Inventors
- 633
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 9 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 6 | 9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 |
| 2010 | 12 | 9 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 8 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9 |
| 2014 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 10 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10 |
| 2017 | 6 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 |
| 2019 | 13 | 10 |
| 2020 | 10 | 19 |
| 2021 | 9 | 12 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 |
| 2025 | 15 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for detecting at least one defect on a support, device and computer program associated25 Aug 2026US 12,718,350 B2Aqc Industry
- Computer-implemented method and a computer system for generating a training dataset for training an artificial neural network2 Jun 2026US 12,645,938 B2Microtec S.R.L.
- Defect inspection system and defect inspection method14 Apr 2026US 12,602,765 B2Meinan Machinery Works, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for determining the fiber orientation10 Mar 2026US 12,571,735 B2Voith Patent GmbH
- Manufacturing wood products30 Dec 2025US 12,510,489 B2Solarwood International Pty Ltd
- Surface defect detection system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298839 A1Agteks Orme Ve Tekstil Endustrileri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Limited Sirket
- Contamination detection in manufacturing using raman spectroscopy3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260947 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Plywood panel repairing solution12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042237 A1Raute Oyj
- Method for detecting defects in the wood and properties of the defects in the wood during the processing of logs and device for processing logs8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009737 A1Gebruder Linck Maschinenfabrik "Gatterlinck" GmbH & Co. KG
- Calibration method of an analysis instrument for analysing the direction of wood fibres of a piece of wood8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009738 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated defect classification system281US 5,544,256 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1996
- Method and apparatus for analyzing an image to detect and identify patterns190US 6,650,779 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation · 2003
- Defect detection system for lumber142US 5,960,104 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · 1999
- Lumber inspection and optimization system61US 4,221,974 AThe Bendix Corporation · 1980
- Lumber defect scanning including multi-dimensional pattern recognition60US 5,703,960 AU. S. Natural Resources, Inc. · 1997