G01N 21/9045
Inspection of ornamented or stippled container walls
Official title: {Inspection of ornamented or stippled container walls}
G01N21/9045 (Inspection of ornamented or stippled container walls) appears on 52 US grants and 39 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 52
- Published applications
- 39
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 88
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical-computing device and method for analysing light passing through a container made of transparent or translucent material by means of a digital polarimetric camera25 Aug 2026US 12,716,850 B2Tiama
- Method for inspecting the side wall of an object16 Jun 2026US 12,657,677 B2Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
- Method for checking a wall thickness of a container made of an at least partially transparent material13 May 2025US 12,298,119 B2Krones AG
- Method and device for optically inspecting containers28 Jan 2025US 12,209,970 B2Krones AG
- Apparatus and method for simultaneously focusing optical systems according to the diameter of the containers17 Sep 2024US 12,092,586 B2Tiama
- Method and apparatus for inspecting containers provided with fittings13 Mar 2025US 2025/0085233 A1Krones AG
- Optical-computing device and method for analysing light passing through a container made of transparent or translucent material by means of a digital polarimetric camera5 Dec 2024US 2024/0404035 A1Tiama
- Method for inspecting the side wall of an object10 Oct 2024US 2024/0338805 A1Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
- Apparatus and method for simultaneously focusing optical systems according to the diameter of the containers8 Jun 2023US 2023/0175977 A1Tiama
- Method for checking a wall thickness of a container made of an at least partially transparent material5 Jan 2023US 2023/0003508 A1Krones AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Machine vision inspection system and method for transparent containers111US 5,095,204 ABall Corporation · 1992
- Bottle inspection system103US 4,691,231 AVistech Corporation · 1987
- Glass container sidewall defect detection system with a diffused and controlled light source40US 4,378,493 AOwens-Illinois, Inc. · 1983
- Method of and apparatus for inspecting bottle or the like34US 5,305,391 AToyo Glass Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Light diffusion device19US 4,428,673 AHajime Industries Ltd. · 1984