G01V 1/201
Constructional details of seismic cables
Official title: {Constructional details of seismic cables, e.g. streamers (integrated optoseismic systems G01V1/226; line connectors in general H01R, transducer mountings in general G10K11/004)}
G01V1/201 (Constructional details of seismic cables) appears on 711 US grants and 534 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 534
- Assignees
- 231
- Inventors
- 1,124
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 27 | 16 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
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
- Deploying a rigid inflatable structure8 Sep 2026US 12,729,988 B2Boston Engineering Corporation
- Marine seismic acquisition system28 Jul 2026US 12,693,442 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Method and device for suppressing interference fading noise of optical fibre sensing data28 Apr 2026US 12,615,086 B2BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation
- Autonomous data acquisition system and method10 Mar 2026US 12,571,930 B2BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Deployable truss system9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194641 A1Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems Inc.
- Elongation and heat indicating synthetic fiber rope11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160019 A1Hampidjan hf
- Hydrophone and assembling method14 May 2026US 2026/0133330 A1Sercel
- Method to locate fiber optic cable on the sea floor in a transition zone26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056015 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Macro compressed sensing data acquisition5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036711 A1Reflection Marine Norge AS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical power distribution and communication system for an underwater cable259US 7,176,589 B2Input/Output, Inc. · 2007
- Reduced noise fiber optic towed array and method of using same240US 5,345,522 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1994
- Seismic sensor units107US 6,353,577 B12002
- Stable fiber-optic hydrophone91US 4,525,818 AHer Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence of Her Majesty's Canadian Government · 1985
- Devices for controlling the position of an underwater cable81US 6,525,992 B1Input/Output, Inc. · 2003