G01S 7/52047
For elimination of side lobes or of grating lobes
Official title: {for elimination of side lobes or of grating lobes; for increasing resolving power}
G01S7/52047 (For elimination of side lobes or of grating lobes) appears on 329 US grants and 383 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 329
- Published applications
- 383
- Assignees
- 169
- Inventors
- 633
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 | 9 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 9 | 21 |
| 2013 | 3 | 17 |
| 2014 | 7 | 36 |
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| 2016 | 17 | 33 |
| 2017 | 25 | 25 |
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| 2019 | 23 | 18 |
| 2020 | 14 | 28 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022 | 24 | 22 |
| 2023 | 10 | 13 |
| 2024 | 21 | 16 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 |
| 2026 | 17 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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