G01V 9/007
Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups g01v1/00 -
Official title: {by detecting gases or particles representative of underground layers at or near the surface (analysing earth materials G01N33/24; analysing gases per se G01N)}
G01V9/007 (Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups g01v1/00 -) appears on 207 US grants and 131 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 207
- Published applications
- 131
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 431
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5 | 11 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 12 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10 |
| 2020 | 11 | 3 |
| 2021 | 12 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Geological hydrogen productivity evaluation system7 Jul 2026US 12,674,909 B2Pukyong National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
- Method for delineating exploration reserved areas of deep-sea polymetallic sulfide resources16 Jun 2026US 12,656,524 B2Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
- Photoelectric fusion in-situ detection device and method for thermal volatile gases and thermal evolution stages of underground oil shale5 May 2026US 12,618,999 B2Jilin University
- Method for numerical simulation of reactive transport during CO2+O2 in-situ leaching of uranium at sandstone-type uranium deposit24 Feb 2026US 12,559,821 B2Hohai University
- Subsurface carbon dioxide analysis methods3 Feb 2026US 12,540,529 B2
- Helium genesis resource evaluation method and apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287782 A1China National Petroleum Corporation
- Method and apparatus for determining scale sequence of helium resources, and device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194686 A1China National Petroleum Corporation
- Methods for microbial gas production and use as isotopic tracer8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008952 A1University of Wyoming
- Neutron detection system19 Jun 2025US 2025/0199194 A1Lunar Helium-3 Mining, LLC
- Photoelectric fusion in-situ detection device and method for thermal volatile gases and thermal evolution stages of underground oil shale29 May 2025US 2025/0172718 A1Jilin University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Explosive detection screening system111US 5,109,691 AResearch Corporation Technologies, Inc. · 1992
- Explosive detection screening system106US 5,585,575 AResearch Corporation Technologies, Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for remotely detecting gases in the atmosphere100US 4,390,785 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1983
- Reservoir monitoring97US 6,645,769 B2Sinvent AS · 2003
- Method and apparatus for rapid detection of contraband and toxic materials by trace vapor detection using ion mobility spectrometry92US 5,162,652 APCP, Inc. · 1992