G01N 23/04
And forming images of the material
Official title: and forming images of the material
G01N23/04 (And forming images of the material) appears on 4,527 US grants and 4,934 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2001 | 92 | 31 |
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| 2004 | 91 | 124 |
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| 2022 | 237 | 264 |
| 2023 | 211 | 277 |
| 2024 | 215 | 309 |
| 2025 | 243 | 260 |
| 2026 | 173 | 256 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- X-ray inspection apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,147 B2Ishida Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for using multi-dimensional X-ray imaging in meat production and processing applications6 Oct 2026US 12,754,148 B2Rapiscan Holdings, Inc.
- Attitude adjustment structure, conveying device, radiation imaging system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,149 B2Nuctech Company Limited
- Inspection of cargo in open-topped vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,754,344 B2Smiths Detection France S.A.S.
- Inference of bright flat-field correction based on scan radiographs6 Oct 2026US 12,755,344 B2Lumafield, Inc.
- Battery cell inspection apparatus, battery cell inspection method, and battery cell inspection system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309647 A1SK On Co., Ltd.
- X-ray inspection apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309648 A1Anritsu Corporation
- Resection margin assessment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309649 A1Jettec AB
- Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309650 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Method for scanning an object in a scanning apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309651 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
Most cited
By later US patents
- Computed tomography metrology496US 5,848,115 AGeneral Electric Company · 1998
- Systems and methods for imaging large field-of-view objects486US 7,108,421 B2Breakaway Imaging, LLC · 2006
- Method for reconstructing a three-dimensional image volume and x-ray devices347US 7,711,083 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2010
- Detection of concealed explosives and contraband345US 5,600,303 ATechnology International Incorporated · 1997
- Means for localizing target coordinates in a body relative to a guidance system reference frame in any arbitrary plane as viewed by a tomographic image through the body337US 4,618,978 A1986