G01V 8/16
Using optical fibres
Official title: using optical fibres
G01V8/16 (Using optical fibres) appears on 150 US grants and 162 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 150
- Published applications
- 162
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 333
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
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| 2021 | 17 | 8 |
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| 2023 | 10 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Sterile adapter drive disks for use in a robotic surgical system17 Feb 2026US 12,551,307 B2Verb Surgical Inc.
- Optical system for measuring water-oil interface level from fluid thermal properties9 Dec 2025US 12,492,948 B2Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
- Downhole monitoring using few-mode optical fiber based distributed acoustic sensing25 Nov 2025US 12,481,081 B2King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Signaling of sterile adapter and tool attachment for use in a robotic surgical system8 Jul 2025US 12,350,004 B2Verb Surgical Inc.
- Leveraging fiber optic-based pipeline monitoring for microseismic monitoring8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309890 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Monitoring system for underground carbon dioxide storage using permanent subsea acoustic source and subsea optical cable3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259340 A1Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
- Limit detection system and limit detection method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202575 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Method and system for tracking grout diffusion by integrating optical fiber sensing and electrical resistance tomography16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202576 A1Shandong University
- Fiber optic cable having extruded polymer matrix with continuous reinforcing fibrils and associated method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194725 A1Eagle Technology, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for monitoring smart structures utilizing distributed optical sensors332US 6,913,079 B22005
- Sterile adapter with integrated wireless interface for use in a robotic surgical system227US 10,736,705 B2Verb Surgical Inc. · 2020
- Method for measuring volumetric changes of object134US 9,360,304 B2Neubrex Co., Ltd. · 2016
- Systems and methods for distributed interferometric acoustic monitoring113US 7,946,341 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation · 2011
- Seed planter monitoring system with optical sensors83US 5,936,234 ADeere & Company · 1999