G01N 27/902
By moving the sensors
Official title: {by moving the sensors}
G01N27/902 (By moving the sensors) appears on 452 US grants and 362 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 452
- Published applications
- 362
- Assignees
- 265
- Inventors
- 1,106
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2004 | 12 | 18 |
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| 2023 | 13 | 10 |
| 2024 | 13 | 18 |
| 2025 | 7 | 17 |
| 2026 | 7 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method for detecting defects in a tube heat exchanger30 Jun 2026US 12,669,472 B2Electricite de France
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- Flexible eddy current array inspection probe27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251615 A1Evident Canada, Inc.
- Inspection system and method for in-situ detection of characteristics within solidified powder material9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194492 A1Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung (BAM)
- System and method for defect detection of thermal barrier coating system in confined space based on flexible internal-external integrated excitation sensing28 May 2026US 2026/0146972 A1Xi' An Jiaotong University
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