G01R 15/16
Using capacitive devices
Official title: using capacitive devices
G01R15/16 (Using capacitive devices) appears on 464 US grants and 431 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01R- Granted patents
- 464
- Published applications
- 431
- Assignees
- 282
- Inventors
- 939
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 | 13 |
| 2003 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 9 | 3 |
| 2005 | 10 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 6 | 5 |
| 2009 | 11 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 10 |
| 2012 | 7 | 11 |
| 2013 | 12 | 11 |
| 2014 | 8 | 14 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14 |
| 2016 | 19 | 31 |
| 2017 | 21 | 26 |
| 2018 | 27 | 41 |
| 2019 | 36 | 31 |
| 2020 | 29 | 31 |
| 2021 | 28 | 27 |
| 2022 | 23 | 26 |
| 2023 | 28 | 34 |
| 2024 | 34 | 24 |
| 2025 | 15 | 27 |
| 2026 | 20 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Line sensor comprising a capacitive divider with integrated slot antenna6 Oct 2026US 12,754,212 B2Comrod AS
- Method for measuring voltage droop in a circuit using a current controlled oscillator29 Sep 2026US 12,748,137 B2
- Energy detection warning device1 Sep 2026US 12,724,044 B2Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
- Methods and systems for detection, location and characterization of signal sources in electrical infrastructure using distributed sensors25 Aug 2026US 12,716,930 B2Dx Tech Pty Ltd
- Electrostatic charge variation based power failure detection4 Aug 2026US 12,699,115 B2STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Voltage Testing and Display System with Partial Discharge Detector27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251690 A1
- Sensored insulation plug13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235647 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Grid relay fault detection6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227443 A1Lunar Energy, Inc.
- Rf signal parameter measurement in an integrated circuit fabrication chamber23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213144 A1Lam Research Corporation
- Low-power voltage transformer having temperature compensation applied thereto, and temperature compensation method thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202449 A1Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for measuring voltages and currents using non-contacting sensors219US 5,473,244 A1995
- Contactless technique for semicondutor wafer testing157US 4,812,756 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1989
- Hand-held ignition voltage tester118US 6,396,278 B12002
- Circuit condition monitor with integrally molded test point socket and capacitive coupling88US 4,904,932 AE. O. Schweitzer Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 1990
- Sensor system for measuring biopotentials75US 6,961,601 B2Quantum Applied Science and Research, Inc. · 2005