G01N 2291/0427
Flexural waves, plate waves
Official title: Flexural waves, plate waves, e.g. Lamb waves, tuning fork, cantilever
G01N2291/0427 (Flexural waves, plate waves) appears on 697 US grants and 621 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 697
- Published applications
- 621
- Assignees
- 406
- Inventors
- 1,459
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 4 |
| 2002 | 23 | 18 |
| 2003 | 16 | 20 |
| 2004 | 12 | 22 |
| 2005 | 12 | 33 |
| 2006 | 21 | 48 |
| 2007 | 32 | 49 |
| 2008 | 26 | 42 |
| 2009 | 22 | 34 |
| 2010 | 37 | 25 |
| 2011 | 26 | 27 |
| 2012 | 28 | 23 |
| 2013 | 27 | 16 |
| 2014 | 16 | 20 |
| 2015 | 19 | 24 |
| 2016 | 11 | 16 |
| 2017 | 23 | 25 |
| 2018 | 14 | 23 |
| 2019 | 31 | 30 |
| 2020 | 23 | 28 |
| 2021 | 20 | 27 |
| 2022 | 32 | 19 |
| 2023 | 19 | 23 |
| 2024 | 22 | 14 |
| 2025 | 17 | 9 |
| 2026 | 7 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Defect sizing combining fixed wavelength and variable wavelength guided waves29 Sep 2026US 12,748,079 B2Innerspec Technologies, Inc.
- System and a method for detecting and characterizing a defect in an object using guided wave inspection2 Jun 2026US 12,644,866 B2Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Iit Madras)
- Vibrating fork type field device with coil arrangement to induce vibration7 Apr 2026US 12,596,101 B2Rosemount Tank Radar AB
- Apparatus and method for determining mechanical properties of a system10 Mar 2026US 12,571,711 B2Nanosurf AG
- Lamb wave mode-conversion based biological stimulation device24 Feb 2026US 12,558,686 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Metrology method and associated metrology device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227426 A1ASML Netherlands B. V.
- Acoustic inspection device and inspection method using an inverse wave field propagation model23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210911 A1Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Structural health monitoring apparatus and associated system and method11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377339 A1The Boeing Company
- Thermomechanical infrared detector with metamaterial absorber4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369877 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Methods for determining at least one property of a material13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347645 A1Nevada Nanotech Systems Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrasound beam alignment servo310US 5,844,140 A1998
- Optical stress generator and detector238US 5,748,318 ABrown University Research Foundation · 1998
- Non-contact method and apparatus for inspection of inertia welds225US 5,652,389 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce · 1997
- Mass spectrometers and methods for rapid screening of libraries of different materials218US 5,959,297 ASymyx Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- EMAT probe and technique for weld inspection214US 5,760,307 A1998