G01S 15/00
Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves
Official title: Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems
G01S15/00 (Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves) appears on 11,511 US grants and 11,049 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 11,511
- Published applications
- 11,049
- Assignees
- 3,223
- Inventors
- 18,164
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 47 | 0 |
| 1977 | 77 | 0 |
| 1978 | 83 | 0 |
| 1979 | 54 | 0 |
| 1980 | 87 | 0 |
| 1981 | 79 | 0 |
| 1982 | 63 | 0 |
| 1983 | 54 | 0 |
| 1984 | 64 | 0 |
| 1985 | 80 | 0 |
| 1986 | 88 | 0 |
| 1987 | 101 | 0 |
| 1988 | 83 | 0 |
| 1989 | 118 | 0 |
| 1990 | 137 | 0 |
| 1991 | 102 | 0 |
| 1992 | 136 | 0 |
| 1993 | 112 | 0 |
| 1994 | 118 | 0 |
| 1995 | 147 | 0 |
| 1996 | 197 | 0 |
| 1997 | 148 | 0 |
| 1998 | 149 | 0 |
| 1999 | 198 | 0 |
| 2000 | 217 | 0 |
| 2001 | 219 | 49 |
| 2002 | 221 | 161 |
| 2003 | 223 | 212 |
| 2004 | 199 | 210 |
| 2005 | 125 | 260 |
| 2006 | 130 | 246 |
| 2007 | 116 | 247 |
| 2008 | 126 | 332 |
| 2009 | 143 | 325 |
| 2010 | 218 | 328 |
| 2011 | 208 | 312 |
| 2012 | 233 | 336 |
| 2013 | 257 | 387 |
| 2014 | 297 | 439 |
| 2015 | 327 | 490 |
| 2016 | 382 | 494 |
| 2017 | 389 | 589 |
| 2018 | 423 | 647 |
| 2019 | 536 | 655 |
| 2020 | 587 | 778 |
| 2021 | 568 | 794 |
| 2022 | 631 | 686 |
| 2023 | 642 | 576 |
| 2024 | 608 | 633 |
| 2025 | 591 | 519 |
| 2026 | 373 | 344 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01S 15/88Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications9,263
- G01S 15/02Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves: using reflection of3,503
- G01S 15/87Combinations of sonar systems1,029
- G01S 15/86Combinations of sonar systems with lidar systems694
- G01S 15/66Sonar tracking systems253
- G01S 15/74Systems using reradiation of acoustic waves194
- G01S 15/003Bistatic sonar systems189
- G01S 15/006Theoretical aspects20
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By later US patents
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