G03B 42/042
For dental applications
Official title: {for dental applications (radiation diagnosis specially adapted for dentistry A61B6/51; individual packages for X-ray film G03C3/003)}
G03B42/042 (For dental applications) appears on 178 US grants and 123 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 178
- Published applications
- 123
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 278
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 7 | 5 |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 12 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sensor holder and method for optimum positioning during intraoral imaging5 May 2026US 12,616,434 B2DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- X-ray aiming ring apparatus and setups24 Mar 2026US 12,585,180 B1
- Device for holding a storage medium27 Jan 2026US 12,533,097 B2DüRr Dental SE
- Multi-configurable dental radiograph sensor holder system4 Nov 2025US 12,458,312 B1
- Device for holding a storage medium15 Oct 2024US 12,115,013 B2DüRr Dental SE
- Multi-view dental imaging sensor holder16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198880 A1
- Universal digital dental x-ray sensor holder with adjustable aiming apparatus and method15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016743 A1Adentage Inc.
- Device for periapical radiography4 Dec 2025US 2025/0366808 A1
- Device for holding a storage medium26 Dec 2024US 2024/0423571 A1DüRr Dental SE
- Sensor holder and method for optimum positioning during intraoral imaging2 Nov 2023US 2023/0346326 A1DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for reproducibly positioning an image receptor for intraoral diagnostics97US 5,090,047 AApplied Research, LLC · 1992
- Radiation sensitive recording plate with orientation identifying marker, method of making, and of using same88US 7,140,769 B22006
- Methods and apparatus for preserving orientation information in radiography images75US 7,563,025 B22009
- X-ray device and X-ray sensitive camera for panoramic tomography and 3D shots71US 7,798,708 B2Sirona Dental Systems GmbH · 2010
- Dental x-ray film holders68US 4,251,732 A1981