G01S 11/00
Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation
Official title: Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation (position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations G01S5/00)
G01S11/00 (Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation) appears on 3,404 US grants and 3,399 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 3,404
- Published applications
- 3,399
- Assignees
- 1,514
- Inventors
- 7,003
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 38 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
| 1999 | 36 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 16 |
| 2002 | 46 | 50 |
| 2003 | 38 | 62 |
| 2004 | 46 | 53 |
| 2005 | 45 | 53 |
| 2006 | 58 | 71 |
| 2007 | 63 | 86 |
| 2008 | 53 | 71 |
| 2009 | 48 | 84 |
| 2010 | 56 | 111 |
| 2011 | 57 | 127 |
| 2012 | 89 | 100 |
| 2013 | 90 | 96 |
| 2014 | 115 | 134 |
| 2015 | 122 | 124 |
| 2016 | 108 | 144 |
| 2017 | 155 | 170 |
| 2018 | 157 | 240 |
| 2019 | 211 | 248 |
| 2020 | 251 | 260 |
| 2021 | 221 | 240 |
| 2022 | 191 | 209 |
| 2023 | 173 | 199 |
| 2024 | 168 | 169 |
| 2025 | 202 | 177 |
| 2026 | 112 | 105 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01S 11/02Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation: using1,899
- G01S 11/12Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation: using796
- G01S 11/14Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation: using522
- G01S 11/16Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation: using213
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