G01P 3/42
Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means
Official title: Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means (G01P3/66 takes precedence; measuring electric or magnetic values in general G01R)
G01P3/42 (Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means) appears on 4,549 US grants and 3,159 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01P- Granted patents
- 4,549
- Published applications
- 3,159
- Assignees
- 1,718
- Inventors
- 8,181
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 88 | 0 |
| 1977 | 73 | 0 |
| 1978 | 62 | 0 |
| 1979 | 46 | 0 |
| 1980 | 56 | 0 |
| 1981 | 51 | 0 |
| 1982 | 55 | 0 |
| 1983 | 47 | 0 |
| 1984 | 51 | 0 |
| 1985 | 55 | 0 |
| 1986 | 45 | 0 |
| 1987 | 60 | 0 |
| 1988 | 63 | 0 |
| 1989 | 89 | 0 |
| 1990 | 83 | 0 |
| 1991 | 95 | 0 |
| 1992 | 89 | 0 |
| 1993 | 97 | 0 |
| 1994 | 69 | 0 |
| 1995 | 76 | 0 |
| 1996 | 102 | 0 |
| 1997 | 99 | 0 |
| 1998 | 117 | 0 |
| 1999 | 95 | 0 |
| 2000 | 103 | 0 |
| 2001 | 109 | 23 |
| 2002 | 96 | 80 |
| 2003 | 85 | 113 |
| 2004 | 87 | 137 |
| 2005 | 93 | 136 |
| 2006 | 84 | 118 |
| 2007 | 94 | 111 |
| 2008 | 75 | 117 |
| 2009 | 77 | 122 |
| 2010 | 72 | 136 |
| 2011 | 84 | 101 |
| 2012 | 93 | 87 |
| 2013 | 93 | 102 |
| 2014 | 82 | 113 |
| 2015 | 104 | 158 |
| 2016 | 99 | 126 |
| 2017 | 125 | 139 |
| 2018 | 113 | 141 |
| 2019 | 144 | 155 |
| 2020 | 134 | 199 |
| 2021 | 144 | 193 |
| 2022 | 157 | 167 |
| 2023 | 154 | 110 |
| 2024 | 140 | 118 |
| 2025 | 98 | 101 |
| 2026 | 47 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sensor having low power movement detection6 Oct 2026US 12,754,198 B2Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Sensor module and electronic apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,199 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Magnet-based detection system for detecting a movement of a movable object6 Oct 2026US 12,754,200 B2Fraba B.V.
- Method for offset compensation for sensor signals, offset compensation device and sensor device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,124 B2AUMOVIO Germany GmbH
- Rotational speed estimation method for incremental encoder29 Sep 2026US 12,748,125 B2Artery Technology Co., Ltd.
- Physical quantity detection element, physical quantity detection device, and method of manufacturing physical quantity detection element1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298966 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Positive displacement machine with speed sensor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286957 A1
- Signal control method, signal control apparatus, signal control device, storage medium, and computer program product24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286958 A1Risun Technology (Shenzhen) Limited
- Vibration-Type Angular Velocity Sensor3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259245 A1Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd.
- Rotation speed detection apparatus, rotation speed detection system, rotation speed calculation apparatus, and rotation speed detection method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254323 A1Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-bit encoder signal conditioning circuit having common mode disturbance compensation655US 5,291,133 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1994
- Medication infusion system having optical motion sensor to detect drive mechanism malfunction617US 5,097,122 APacesetter Infusion, Ltd. · 1992
- Sport monitoring system for determining airtime, speed, power absorbed and other factors such as drop distance559US 6,539,336 B1PhatRat Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Dead reckoning navigational system using accelerometer to measure foot impacts499US 5,583,776 APoint Research Corporation · 1996
- Device for determining the speed, distance traversed, elapsed time and calories expended by a person while running408US 4,578,769 ANIKE, Inc. · 1986