G01V 1/38
Seismology: specially adapted for water-covered areas
Official title: specially adapted for water-covered areas (G01V1/28 takes precedence)
G01V1/38 (Seismology: specially adapted for water-covered areas) appears on 2,306 US grants and 2,344 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 2,306
- Published applications
- 2,344
- Assignees
- 523
- Inventors
- 2,842
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 15 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 3 |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 |
| 2003 | 29 | 27 |
| 2004 | 29 | 37 |
| 2005 | 27 | 39 |
| 2006 | 21 | 53 |
| 2007 | 31 | 37 |
| 2008 | 47 | 67 |
| 2009 | 26 | 82 |
| 2010 | 50 | 96 |
| 2011 | 45 | 92 |
| 2012 | 47 | 118 |
| 2013 | 87 | 167 |
| 2014 | 98 | 230 |
| 2015 | 127 | 159 |
| 2016 | 173 | 196 |
| 2017 | 176 | 194 |
| 2018 | 145 | 146 |
| 2019 | 185 | 123 |
| 2020 | 105 | 132 |
| 2021 | 100 | 84 |
| 2022 | 98 | 59 |
| 2023 | 86 | 50 |
| 2024 | 75 | 55 |
| 2025 | 42 | 30 |
| 2026 | 33 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01V 1/3808Seismic data acquisition909
- G01V 1/3817Positioning of seismic devices624
- G01V 1/3843Deployment of seismic devices514
- G01V 1/3861Control of source arrays199
- G01V 1/387Reducing secondary bubble pulse, i.e. reducing the detected signals resulting from the22
- G01V 1/393Means for loading explosive underwater charges9
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-antenna gas receiver for seismic survey vessels256US 4,809,005 AWestern Atlas International, Inc. · 1989
- Method and apparatus for determining the shape of a flexible body215US 6,256,090 B1University of Maryland · 2001
- Differential charge amplifier for marine seismic applications137US 3,939,468 AWhitehall Corporation · 1976
- Mobile underwater arrays132US 5,894,450 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1999
- System for attenuation of water-column reverberations126US 4,979,150 AHalliburton Geophysical Services, Inc. · 1990