G01Q 10/065
Feedback mechanisms, i.e. wherein the signal for driving the probe is modified
Official title: {Feedback mechanisms, i.e. wherein the signal for driving the probe is modified by a signal coming from the probe itself}
G01Q10/065 (Feedback mechanisms, i.e. wherein the signal for driving the probe is modified) appears on 242 US grants and 231 published applications in this corpus.
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