G01N 29/069
Defect imaging, localisation and sizing using
Official title: {Defect imaging, localisation and sizing using, e.g. time of flight diffraction [TOFD], synthetic aperture focusing technique [SAFT], Amplituden-Laufzeit-Ortskurven [ALOK] technique}
G01N29/069 (Defect imaging, localisation and sizing using) appears on 397 US grants and 470 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 397
- Published applications
- 470
- Assignees
- 280
- Inventors
- 1,099
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for examining the interior material of an object, system for carrying out the method, and use of the system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,169 B2Applus Netherlands B.V.
- Method and apparatus for determining the set of focal laws of a plurality of focal points located in a three-dimensional test object in the presence of a coupling medium18 Aug 2026US 12,710,398 B2Consejo Superior De Investigaciones CientíFicas (Csic) M
- Method and apparatus for ultrasonic testing using temporal sparse firing28 Jul 2026US 12,693,271 B2Eclipse Scientific Products Inc.
- Wave motion analysis device, scanning device, wave motion analysis system, wave motion analysis method, and program28 Jul 2026US 12,694,501 B2Konica Minolta, Inc.
- System and method for automated detection, classification, and remediation of defects using ultrasound testing7 Jul 2026US 12,674,780 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Ultrasonic testing systems and related devices and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309678 A1
- Image-to-image translation for acoustic inspection1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298878 A1Evident Canada, Inc.
- Compressive sensing for phased-array acoustic inspection1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298883 A1Evident Canada, Inc.
- Method to image wafers and chiplet systems using ultrasonic arrays3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259176 A1Geegah LLC
- Method For Detecting Cracks In A Tubular Pipe27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251618 A1Electricite de France
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for measuring fluid characteristics using surface generated volumetric interrogation signals244US 4,735,097 APanametrics, Inc. · 1988
- Apparatus and method for performing non-destructive inspections of large area aircraft structures201US 6,220,099 B1CE Nuclear Power LLC · 2001
- Time multiplexed digital ultrasound beamformer174US 5,469,851 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1995
- Hands-free ultrasonic test view (HF-UTV)114US 5,476,010 ASierra Matrix, Inc. · 1995
- Active damage interrogation method for structural health monitoring111US 6,006,163 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1999