G01V 8/22
Using reflectors
Official title: using reflectors
G01V8/22 (Using reflectors) appears on 98 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 98
- Published applications
- 96
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 234
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 |
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| 2015 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 | 11 |
| 2019 | 6 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Techniques for dynamic object detection28 Oct 2025US 12,455,394 B1RaySecur, Inc.
- Sensor12 Aug 2025US 12,386,099 B2Leuze Electronic GmbH & Co.
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- Wafer placement sensors for substrate rinse system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0262470 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Techniques for Dynamic Object Detection22 Jan 2026US 2026/0023191 A1RaySecur, Inc.
- Optical spectroscopy for characterizing atmospheric emissions23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327745 A1Longpath Technologies, Inc.
- Terahertz signal-based image collection device, image generation system and image generation method12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189693 A1Nuctech Company Limited
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Light beam detection utilizing hologram57US 5,220,409 AAMP Incorporated · 1993
- Presence detector for mobile storage systems43US 5,670,778 AKardex Systems, Inc. · 1997
- Multi-spectral target detection system with common collecting means32US 4,519,707 AGeneral Dynamics, Pomona Division · 1985
- Light grid arrangement using cyclically switched semiconductor light sources30US 4,310,756 AErwin Sick GmbH Optik-Elektronik · 1982
- Distributed optical sensing using compressive sampling29US 10,309,213 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc. · 2019