G01N 33/008
Sport articles
Official title: {Sport articles, e.g. balls, skis or rackets}
G01N33/008 (Sport articles) appears on 110 US grants and 53 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 110
- Published applications
- 53
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 168
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automated turf testing apparatus and system for using same14 Apr 2026US 12,601,667 B2Biomechanics Consulting and Research, LLC
- Racquet configured with increased lateral flexibility with respect to a longitudinal axis9 Dec 2025US 12,491,413 B2Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
- Automated turf testing apparatus and system for using same18 Nov 2025US 12,474,246 B2
- Unitless activity assessment and associated methods23 Sep 2025US 12,419,380 B2Apple Inc.
- Method and system utilizing imaging analysis for golf balls27 May 2025US 12,311,236 B1Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
- System and method for terahertz tomography analysis of golf balls19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198918 A1Acushnet Company
- A testing device for a tennis ball4 Jul 2024US 2024/0216764 A1
- Apparatus for selecting high-quality golf ball27 Jun 2024US 2024/0207693 A1Emtelli Inc.
- Unitless activity assessment and associated methods30 May 2024US 2024/0172835 A1Apple Inc.
- Racquet configured with increased lateral flexibility with respect to a longitudinal axis15 Feb 2024US 2024/0050812 A1Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shoe wear-out sensor, body-bar sensing system, unitless activity assessment and associated methods57US 7,911,339 B2Apple Inc. · 2011
- Shoe wear-out sensor, body-bar sensing system, unitless activity assessment and associated methods53US 8,217,788 B22012
- Shoe wear-out sensor, body-bar sensing system, unitless activity assessment and associated methods53US 8,749,380 B2Apple Inc. · 2014
- Portable apparatus for measuring the flexibility of a golf club head47US 6,837,094 B22005
- Golf club spine finder and method32US 5,976,028 A1999