G01N 21/9515
Objects of complex shape
Official title: {Objects of complex shape, e.g. examined with use of a surface follower device (measuring contours and curvatures G01B11/24)}
G01N21/9515 (Objects of complex shape) appears on 495 US grants and 610 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 495
- Published applications
- 610
- Assignees
- 378
- Inventors
- 1,538
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14 |
| 2007 | 9 | 10 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 |
| 2009 | 12 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 10 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 15 |
| 2013 | 9 | 19 |
| 2014 | 9 | 22 |
| 2015 | 13 | 16 |
| 2016 | 25 | 20 |
| 2017 | 14 | 26 |
| 2018 | 14 | 44 |
| 2019 | 42 | 43 |
| 2020 | 50 | 59 |
| 2021 | 33 | 48 |
| 2022 | 33 | 52 |
| 2023 | 41 | 49 |
| 2024 | 41 | 53 |
| 2025 | 43 | 38 |
| 2026 | 34 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gas turbine engine drone inspection system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,546 B2Rtx Corporation
- Optical measurement device for inspection of discontinuities in aerostructures29 Sep 2026US 12,748,052 B2Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Method for quality control of a welding joint between a pair of ends of conducting elements of an inductive winding of a stator15 Sep 2026US 12,734,616 B2ATOP S.p.A.
- Method for quality control of a welding joint between a pair of ends of conducting elements of an inductive winding of a stator8 Sep 2026US 12,728,486 B2ATOP S.p.A.
- Method to qualify additional dies after master die25 Aug 2026US 12,718,353 B2Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Surface inspection tool for transfer tools and methods of using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309645 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Apparatus for tire scanning and methods of using same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266735 A13DM Devices Inc.
- Image acquisition device, inspection device, and image acquisition method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243694 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Lumen network inspection robot13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235249 A1The Regents of the University of California
- Cell adhesive attachment system and method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237868 A1Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for automated vehicle image acquisition, analysis, and reporting180US 7,889,931 B2GB Investments, Inc. · 2011
- Panel surface flaw inspection143US 4,629,319 ADiffracto Ltd. · 1986
- Systems and methods for monitoring components119US 9,846,933 B2General Electric Company · 2017
- Supervised autonomous robotic system for complex surface inspection and processing84US 9,796,089 B2Carnegie Mellon University · 2017
- Surface flaw detecting method and apparatus81US 4,715,709 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1987