G01N 21/951
Balls
Official title: {Balls}
G01N21/951 (Balls) appears on 59 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 169
- Latest grant
- 14 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for inspecting, as they pass, eggs placed in containers14 Oct 2025US 12,442,808 B2Egg-Chick Automated Technologies
- Apparatus for selecting high-quality golf ball13 May 2025US 12,296,231 B2Emtelli Inc.
- Method for defect detection for rolling elements15 Apr 2025US 12,276,617 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Methods and systems for sorting and imaging insects19 Nov 2024US 12,144,327 B2Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- System and method for automatedly detecting and rejecting cores having a non-conforming core color prior to covering5 Mar 2024US 11,919,723 B2
- Inspection systems, devices, and methods using polarized light8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309644 A1General Electric Company
- Method and system for characterizing a non-metallic inclusion population3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259148 A1Aktiebolaget Skf
- Apparatus for inspecting defect and method thereof12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043747 A1Intimax Corporation
- Methods And Systems For Sorting And Imaging Insects18 Dec 2025US 2025/0380676 A1Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Pearl grading instrument and methods18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383295 A1Gemological Institute of America, Inc. (GIA)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inspection of ball grid arrays (BGA) by using shadow images of the solder balls58US 6,177,682 B1Novacam Tyechnologies Inc. · 2001
- Method for inspecting the outer appearance of a golf ball and illuminating means used therefor29US 5,777,244 ABridgestone Sports Co.Ltd. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for inspecting objects using multiple images having varying optical properties28US 8,008,641 B2Acushnet Company · 2011
- Workpiece, and container and contents, inspecting apparatus and method27US 4,063,823 ARame-Hart, Inc. · 1977
- Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection22US 6,630,998 B1Acushnet Company · 2003