G01N 23/10
The material being confined in a container
Official title: the material being confined in a container, e.g. in a luggage X-ray scanners
G01N23/10 (The material being confined in a container) appears on 243 US grants and 269 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 243
- Published applications
- 269
- Assignees
- 141
- Inventors
- 523
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 8 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 10 | 9 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 9 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 18 |
| 2020 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021 | 15 | 22 |
| 2022 | 14 | 28 |
| 2023 | 19 | 26 |
| 2024 | 27 | 41 |
| 2025 | 33 | 23 |
| 2026 | 18 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Inspection of cargo in open-topped vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,754,344 B2Smiths Detection France S.A.S.
- Management system and management method29 Sep 2026US 12,748,235 B2Sintokogio, Ltd.
- Target X-ray inspection system and method1 Sep 2026US 12,723,994 B2Viken Detection Corporation
- Irradiation apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,708,682 B2Precision X-Ray, Inc.
- 3D masking in a computed tomography image11 Aug 2026US 12,704,467 B2Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
- Material Detection in X-Ray Security Screening24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290018 A1Rapiscan Holdings, Inc.
- Backscatter Scanning Systems with Different Detector Panel Configurations17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276858 A1American Science and Engineering, Inc.
- Conveyance device and article inspection apparatus including the conveyance device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251589 A1Ishida Co., Ltd.
- Diffraction detection apparatus, inspection device, inspection method and inspection system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210881 A1
- Calibration Method and Device Therefor9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194685 A1Rapiscan Holdings, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Identifying explosives or other contraband by employing transmitted or scattered X-rays341US 5,974,111 AVivid Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- High-energy X-ray inspection system218US 5,493,596 A1996
- Method and apparatus for examining the content of containers153US 4,566,113 AHeimann GmbH · 1986
- Relocatable X-ray imaging system and method for inspecting commercial vehicles and cargo containers119US 6,928,141 B2Rapiscan, Inc. · 2005
- Cargo inspection apparatus and process102US 6,567,496 B12003