G01N 29/0681
By acoustic microscopy
Official title: {by acoustic microscopy, e.g. scanning acoustic microscopy}
G01N29/0681 (By acoustic microscopy) appears on 169 US grants and 168 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 169
- Published applications
- 168
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 338
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 8 | 9 |
| 2006 | 8 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 10 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 9 | 12 |
| 2020 | 8 | 10 |
| 2021 | 13 | 9 |
| 2022 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Photoacoustic microscopy platform29 Sep 2026US 12,748,077 B2Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Wafer chuck having multiple simultaneously actuated wafer contact fingers for handling a wafer8 Sep 2026US 12,733,447 B2Pva Tepla Analytical Systems GmbH
- Device and method for determining parameters regarding a content or property of biomolecules in biological tissues18 Aug 2026US 12,710,354 B2Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
- Acoustic microscope system and method for measuring an object disposed in a medium30 Dec 2025US 12,510,513 B2Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Ultrasonic microscope and carrier for carrying an acoustic pulse transducer30 Dec 2025US 12,510,644 B2Pva Tepla Analytical Systems GmbH
- Metrology method and associated metrology device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227426 A1ASML Netherlands B. V.
- System, method and apparatus for ultrasonic inspection23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210914 A1Sonix, Inc.
- Scanning acoustic microscope apparatus and operating system and platform thereof14 May 2026US 2026/0133164 A1Highlight Tech Corp.
- Auxiliary positioning method for ultrasonic microscope based on optical imaging5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063594 A1National Institute of Metrology, China
- Opto-acoustic microscopy using an instantaneous signal difference between signals from two discrete delay times acquired with a single probe beam23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327737 A1Onto Innovation Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical stress generator and detector238US 5,748,318 ABrown University Research Foundation · 1998
- Method and system for assessing quality of spot welds176US 7,132,617 B2DaimlerChrysler AG · 2006
- Optical generator and detector of stress pulses173US 4,710,030 ABw Brown University Research Foundation · 1987
- Thermoacoustic microscopy134US 4,255,971 A1981
- Optical stress generator and detector123US 5,959,735 ABrown University Research Foundation · 1999