G01N 29/265
By moving the sensor relative to a stationary material
Official title: by moving the sensor relative to a stationary material
G01N29/265 (By moving the sensor relative to a stationary material) appears on 1,257 US grants and 1,226 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,226
- Assignees
- 675
- Inventors
- 2,984
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 87 | 80 |
| 2025 | 70 | 74 |
| 2026 | 41 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Ultrasonic probe assembly and cable therefor183US 5,398,689 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1995