G01V 9/00
Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups g01v1/00 -
Official title: Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups G01V1/00 - G01V8/00
G01V9/00 (Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups g01v1/00 -) appears on 723 US grants and 696 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 723
- Published applications
- 696
- Assignees
- 381
- Inventors
- 1,887
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13 |
| 2009 | 7 | 19 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16 |
| 2011 | 10 | 16 |
| 2012 | 15 | 23 |
| 2013 | 18 | 59 |
| 2014 | 21 | 51 |
| 2015 | 23 | 38 |
| 2016 | 33 | 41 |
| 2017 | 43 | 46 |
| 2018 | 37 | 50 |
| 2019 | 57 | 50 |
| 2020 | 51 | 53 |
| 2021 | 44 | 48 |
| 2022 | 34 | 31 |
| 2023 | 39 | 31 |
| 2024 | 30 | 29 |
| 2025 | 24 | 26 |
| 2026 | 15 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01V 9/007Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups g01v1/00 -207
- G01V 9/005Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups g01v1/00 -139
- G01V 9/02Determining existence or flow of underground water77
- G01V 9/002Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups g01v1/00 -6
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By later US patents
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- Geographical surveying using cameras in combination with flight computers to obtain images with overlaid geographical coordinates165US 5,166,789 ASpace Island Products & Services, Inc. · 1992