G01W 1/12
Sunshine duration recorders
Official title: Sunshine duration recorders (measuring intensity of sunshine G01J)
G01W1/12 (Sunshine duration recorders) appears on 155 US grants and 181 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01W- Granted patents
- 155
- Published applications
- 181
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 345
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 13 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10 |
| 2017 | 7 | 14 |
| 2018 | 9 | 12 |
| 2019 | 16 | 14 |
| 2020 | 15 | 17 |
| 2021 | 14 | 23 |
| 2022 | 13 | 7 |
| 2023 | 11 | 15 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 11 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for sensor based predictions8 Sep 2026US 12,731,159 B2Arizona Game and Fish Department
- System and method for seasonal energy consumption determination using verified energy loads with the aid of a digital computer24 Mar 2026US 12,586,137 B2Clean Power Research, L.L.C.
- Method for determining the solar distribution in an area3 Mar 2026US 12,567,229 B2Totalenergies Onetech
- Techniques for geolocation and cloud detection with voltage data from solar homes6 Jan 2026US 12,517,280 B2Itron, Inc.
- Method and system for solar power forecasting16 Dec 2025US 12,498,504 B2Green Power Labs Inc.
- Simulating dynamic solar harvesting with modelling of diffuse shadows20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244816 A1Carnegie Mellon University
- Thermal index estimating system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219103 A1National Institute for Environmental Studies
- Mitigating quality fluctuations due to instability of renewable energy sources16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204907 A1
- Method and device for identifying weather condition by means of multiple pyranometers14 May 2026US 2026/0133341 A1Trina Solar Co., Ltd.
- Assembly, use of an assembly, and method for ascertaining at least one parameter22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022964 A1Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Solar access measurement device155US 7,873,490 B2Solmetric Corporation · 2011
- Assessment of solar energy potential on existing buildings in a region87US 7,305,983 B1University of Hawaii · 2007
- Method for spatial estimation of solar radiation flux density and other solar correlated meteorological variables84US 6,748,327 B12004
- System and method for identifying the solar potential of rooftops49US 7,500,391 B2Ecometriks, LLC · 2009
- Solar radiation sensor38US 6,417,500 B12002