G01N 29/4445
Classification of defects
Official title: {Classification of defects}
G01N29/4445 (Classification of defects) appears on 267 US grants and 296 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 267
- Published applications
- 296
- Assignees
- 228
- Inventors
- 814
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 10 | 12 |
| 2004 | 14 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 | 3 | 10 |
| 2011 | 6 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 10 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 7 | 24 |
| 2018 | 7 | 17 |
| 2019 | 25 | 24 |
| 2020 | 20 | 17 |
| 2021 | 12 | 26 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 |
| 2023 | 22 | 23 |
| 2024 | 23 | 10 |
| 2025 | 13 | 19 |
| 2026 | 3 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Estimation of comminution energy consumption for rock comminution14 Jul 2026US 12,680,981 B2Lumo Analytics Ltd
- System and method for automated detection, classification, and remediation of defects using ultrasound testing7 Jul 2026US 12,674,780 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Method for nondestructive evaluation using ultrasonic excitation and rotation of the inspection object or inspection system7 Apr 2026US 12,596,107 B1Triad National Security, LLC
- Method and apparatus for automated defect detection23 Dec 2025US 12,505,532 B2Sonix, Inc.
- Coiled wire inspection system and method16 Dec 2025US 12,498,355 B2The Cold Heading Company
- Battery testing apparatus and operating method thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298875 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Method and device for surface defect monitoring using ultrasonic bulk wave10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266767 A1Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- System for and method of inspecting semiconductor devices, and method of manufacturing the devices including the method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266773 A1Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Guided wave ultrasound testing (gwut) method for hicam nde20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243732 A1University of South Carolina
- Nondestructive inspection device, nondestructive inspection method, and nondestructive inspection program30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219239 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Concurrent ultrasonic weld evaluation system357US 4,712,722 AEG&G, Inc. · 1987
- Non-destructive testing, in particular for pipes during manufacture or in the finished state100US 8,265,886 B2V & M France · 2012
- Non-destructive testing, in particular for pipes during manufacture or in the finished state88US 8,365,603 B2V & M France · 2013
- Apparatus and method of discriminating flaw depths in the inspection of tubular products82US 5,085,082 AThe Babcock & Wilcox Company · 1992
- Method and apparatus for trending and predicting the health of a component72US 6,651,012 B1Simmonds Precision Products, Inc. · 2003