G01N 21/8986
Wood
Official title: {Wood}
G01N21/8986 (Wood) appears on 118 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 118
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 81
- Inventors
- 241
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 12 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 10 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 | 7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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.
- Plywood panel repairing solution11 Nov 2025US 12,466,101 B2Raute Oyj
- Computer-implemented method and a system for estimating a pith location with regard to a timber board21 Oct 2025US 12,450,711 B2Microtec S.R.L.
- Method for identifying a log of origin of a first board2 Sep 2025US 12,406,354 B2Microtec S.R.L.
- 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
- Defect inspection system and defect inspection method8 Jan 2026US 2026/0010996 A1Meinan Machinery Works, Inc.
- An automatic wood sorting facility26 Dec 2024US 2024/0425295 A1Renholmen AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated defect classification system281US 5,544,256 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1996
- 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
- Light scanner with interlaced camera fields and parallel light beams53US 5,414,268 AThe Coe Manufacturing Company · 1995