G01V 5/00
Prospecting or detecting by the use of ionising radiation
Official title: Prospecting or detecting by the use of ionising radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
G01V5/00 (Prospecting or detecting by the use of ionising radiation) appears on 3,438 US grants and 3,179 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 3,438
- Published applications
- 3,179
- Assignees
- 897
- Inventors
- 4,608
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 33 | 0 |
| 1977 | 42 | 0 |
| 1978 | 25 | 0 |
| 1979 | 22 | 0 |
| 1980 | 24 | 0 |
| 1981 | 26 | 0 |
| 1982 | 26 | 0 |
| 1983 | 22 | 0 |
| 1984 | 33 | 0 |
| 1985 | 31 | 0 |
| 1986 | 37 | 0 |
| 1987 | 27 | 0 |
| 1988 | 22 | 0 |
| 1989 | 34 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 37 | 0 |
| 1992 | 34 | 0 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 |
| 1997 | 30 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 7 |
| 2002 | 22 | 39 |
| 2003 | 35 | 39 |
| 2004 | 32 | 67 |
| 2005 | 34 | 72 |
| 2006 | 70 | 93 |
| 2007 | 63 | 108 |
| 2008 | 93 | 123 |
| 2009 | 97 | 139 |
| 2010 | 104 | 114 |
| 2011 | 81 | 146 |
| 2012 | 93 | 147 |
| 2013 | 106 | 133 |
| 2014 | 130 | 175 |
| 2015 | 162 | 186 |
| 2016 | 139 | 211 |
| 2017 | 171 | 202 |
| 2018 | 177 | 191 |
| 2019 | 231 | 159 |
| 2020 | 181 | 154 |
| 2021 | 131 | 134 |
| 2022 | 102 | 127 |
| 2023 | 118 | 126 |
| 2024 | 111 | 129 |
| 2025 | 105 | 94 |
| 2026 | 81 | 64 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Portable system comprising a primary gas flowpath, a cartridge dock including a filter cartridge, and a gamma detector apparatus for monitoring airborne radionuclides6 Oct 2026US 12,754,330 B2Atomic Energy of Canada Limited/éNergie Atomique Du Canada LimitéE
- Inspection of cargo in open-topped vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,754,344 B2Smiths Detection France S.A.S.
- AI-assisted stratigraphic modeling and geosteering utilizing gamma ray measurements29 Sep 2026US 12,747,634 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Security screening device and systems and methods of using the same29 Sep 2026US 12,749,365 B2Cardiac Innovation, LLC
- Shielding device of source mounting and demounting for nuclear logging instrument15 Sep 2026US 12,736,707 B2Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Cas
- Neutron backscatter tool background standard for geochemical logging in well systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287780 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Real-time machine learning optimization and autopilot control for pulsed neutron logging operations17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276857 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Backscatter Scanning Systems with Different Detector Panel Configurations17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276858 A1American Science and Engineering, Inc.
- Covert Surveillance Using Multi-Modality Sensing17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276859 A1Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
- Detection method for detecting alarm objects in pieces of luggage10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267028 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic concealed object detection system having a pre-scan stage408US 5,367,552 AIn Vision Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- High resolution device and method for imaging concealed objects within an obscuring medium367US 6,216,540 B12001
- Detection of concealed explosives and contraband345US 5,600,303 ATechnology International Incorporated · 1997
- Identifying explosives or other contraband by employing transmitted or scattered X-rays341US 5,974,111 AVivid Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- Single beam photoneutron probe and X-ray imaging system for contraband detection and identification336US 5,838,759 AAdvanced Research and Applications Corporation · 1998