G01S 1/00
Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable
Official title: Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith (position fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines G01S5/00)
G01S1/00 (Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable) appears on 3,425 US grants and 3,234 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 3,425
- Published applications
- 3,234
- Assignees
- 1,491
- Inventors
- 6,283
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 86 | 0 |
| 1977 | 46 | 0 |
| 1978 | 39 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 33 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 24 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 24 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | 27 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 17 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 31 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 37 | 0 |
| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 10 |
| 2002 | 49 | 42 |
| 2003 | 47 | 57 |
| 2004 | 24 | 37 |
| 2005 | 31 | 49 |
| 2006 | 37 | 44 |
| 2007 | 32 | 60 |
| 2008 | 37 | 65 |
| 2009 | 43 | 58 |
| 2010 | 36 | 62 |
| 2011 | 37 | 57 |
| 2012 | 59 | 91 |
| 2013 | 65 | 111 |
| 2014 | 92 | 121 |
| 2015 | 111 | 157 |
| 2016 | 118 | 201 |
| 2017 | 183 | 219 |
| 2018 | 206 | 233 |
| 2019 | 211 | 262 |
| 2020 | 250 | 235 |
| 2021 | 179 | 223 |
| 2022 | 195 | 245 |
| 2023 | 233 | 221 |
| 2024 | 162 | 171 |
| 2025 | 164 | 130 |
| 2026 | 74 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01S 1/02Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable2,702
- G01S 1/70Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable424
- G01S 1/72Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable345
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Wireless location using multiple location estimators1,020US 6,249,252 B1TracBeam LLC · 2001
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- Internet distributed real-time wireless location database804US 6,456,852 B2Motorola, Inc. · 2002
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