G01S 15/02
Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves: using reflection of
Official title: using reflection of acoustic waves (G01S15/66 takes precedence)
G01S15/02 (Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves: using reflection of) appears on 3,503 US grants and 3,216 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2025 | 223 | 193 |
| 2026 | 129 | 131 |
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