G01W 1/14
Rainfall or precipitation gauges
Official title: Rainfall or precipitation gauges (measuring volume in general G01F)
G01W1/14 (Rainfall or precipitation gauges) appears on 506 US grants and 544 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01W- Granted patents
- 506
- Published applications
- 544
- Assignees
- 368
- Inventors
- 1,522
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8 | 6 |
| 2014 | 12 | 36 |
| 2015 | 21 | 19 |
| 2016 | 18 | 19 |
| 2017 | 15 | 28 |
| 2018 | 12 | 35 |
| 2019 | 38 | 42 |
| 2020 | 28 | 40 |
| 2021 | 30 | 47 |
| 2022 | 41 | 50 |
| 2023 | 43 | 55 |
| 2024 | 38 | 43 |
| 2025 | 29 | 36 |
| 2026 | 22 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Optimizing a probability of precipitation forecast22 Sep 2026US 12,742,905 B2Google Inc.
- System for monitoring conditions at a location8 Sep 2026US 12,730,246 B2RAM Companies, LLC
- Methods and systems for sensor based predictions8 Sep 2026US 12,731,159 B2Arizona Game and Fish Department
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- Combined gnss/fy-4a water vapor chromatography method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287786 A1Chengdu University of Technology
- Apparatuses, systems and methods for mitigating property loss based on an event driven probable roof loss confidence score24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289683 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Methods and Systems for Detecting Weather Conditions using Vehicle Onboard Sensors3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259347 A1Waymo LLC
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