G01V 1/18
Receiving elements
Official title: Receiving elements, e.g. seismometer, geophone {or torque detectors, for localised single point measurements}
G01V1/18 (Receiving elements) appears on 813 US grants and 772 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 813
- Published applications
- 772
- Assignees
- 392
- Inventors
- 1,709
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 5 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 11 | 16 |
| 2006 | 10 | 14 |
| 2007 | 11 | 6 |
| 2008 | 8 | 19 |
| 2009 | 14 | 10 |
| 2010 | 12 | 27 |
| 2011 | 10 | 26 |
| 2012 | 13 | 28 |
| 2013 | 11 | 30 |
| 2014 | 22 | 45 |
| 2015 | 28 | 46 |
| 2016 | 47 | 47 |
| 2017 | 44 | 59 |
| 2018 | 41 | 50 |
| 2019 | 43 | 45 |
| 2020 | 46 | 59 |
| 2021 | 39 | 55 |
| 2022 | 55 | 34 |
| 2023 | 51 | 44 |
| 2024 | 44 | 30 |
| 2025 | 31 | 32 |
| 2026 | 16 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automated passive acoustic monitoring with machine learning15 Sep 2026US 12,736,693 B2BLUEiQ LLC
- Acoustic system with increased sensitivity25 Aug 2026US 12,717,053 B2Raytheon Company
- Portable retractable system and method for deploying water-based and air-based sensors from a marine vessel4 Aug 2026US 12,698,065 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Autonomous underwater vehicle and corresponding guidance method4 Aug 2026US 12,698,069 B2Sercel
- Physical model test system for simulating strong mine tremors based on joint monitoring of microseismic and acoustic emission and test method thereof4 Aug 2026US 12,699,194 B2Shandong University
- Remotely operated towed vehicle for sub-seabed sonar imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307769 A1Fnv IP B.V.
- Resonance reducing asymmetric damper for vibration sensor assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298697 A1Blue Oak Co., Ltd.
- Acoustic telescope system and method of using same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243567 A1Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Moving-coil geophone zero-phase corrector based on state variable shaper16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202564 A1Jilin University
- Advanced detection method and system for tunnel boring machine based on seismic waves from controllable seismic source and rock breaking seismic source16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202567 A1Shandong University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Passive (non-contact) recharging of secondary battery cell(s) powering RFID transponder tags252US 5,300,875 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 1994
- Method and apparatus for sensing signals118US 9,502,993 B2ION Geophysical Corporation · 2016
- Method and apparatus for seismic data acquisition102US 7,310,287 B2Fairfield Industries Incorporated · 2007
- Apparatus and methods for multicomponent marine geophysical data gathering95US 7,239,577 B2PGS Americas, Inc. · 2007
- Floating mass accelerometer94US 5,646,349 APlan B Enterprises, Inc. · 1997