G01N 29/041
On the surface of the material
Official title: {on the surface of the material, e.g. using Lamb, Rayleigh or shear waves}
G01N29/041 (On the surface of the material) appears on 414 US grants and 443 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 414
- Published applications
- 443
- Assignees
- 278
- Inventors
- 1,108
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 10 |
| 2007 | 7 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 16 |
| 2009 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010 | 9 | 5 |
| 2011 | 10 | 9 |
| 2012 | 14 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 3 | 13 |
| 2015 | 10 | 13 |
| 2016 | 12 | 16 |
| 2017 | 11 | 24 |
| 2018 | 13 | 36 |
| 2019 | 21 | 36 |
| 2020 | 35 | 44 |
| 2021 | 34 | 37 |
| 2022 | 37 | 25 |
| 2023 | 39 | 32 |
| 2024 | 25 | 32 |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 |
| 2026 | 18 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Carbon nanotube acoustic lens for underwater high intensity acoustic delivery29 Sep 2026US 12,748,078 B2The Boeing Company
- Defect sizing combining fixed wavelength and variable wavelength guided waves29 Sep 2026US 12,748,079 B2Innerspec Technologies, Inc.
- Resonance inspection system and method for using same11 Aug 2026US 12,704,482 B2Rtx Corporation
- Method for measuring normal incidence sound absorption coefficient of non-standard sized samples28 Jul 2026US 12,693,267 B2Southeast University
- Anomaly detection method and device for vr device, vr device, and storage medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276477 A1Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Determining an Aging State of a Contacting Layer of a Semiconductor Component and Semiconductor Assembly20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243730 A1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Acoustic inspection device and inspection method using an inverse wave field propagation model23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210911 A1Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Inspection robot with sled assembly including first and second portions that move independently28 May 2026US 2026/0146973 A1
- System for determining the direction of a surface acoustic wave14 May 2026US 2026/0133163 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Edge detection and seam tracking with EMATs218US 6,155,117 AMcDermott Technology, Inc. · 2000
- Laser ultrasonics-based material analysis system and method using matched filter processing140US 5,604,592 ATextron Defense Systems, Division of Avco Corporation · 1997
- Laser ultrasonics-based material analysis system and method122US 5,638,396 ATextron Systems Corporation · 1997
- Non-destructive testing, in particular for pipes during manufacture or in the finished state100US 8,265,886 B2V & M France · 2012
- Ultrasonic contact transducer for point-focussing surface waves95US 5,094,108 AKorea Standards Research Institute · 1992