G03B 42/06
Obtaining records using waves other than optical waves: using ultrasonic, sonic or
Official title: using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
G03B42/06 (Obtaining records using waves other than optical waves: using ultrasonic, sonic or) appears on 129 US grants and 122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 129
- Published applications
- 122
- Assignees
- 65
- Inventors
- 255
- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Determining material stiffness using multiple aperture ultrasound1 Jul 2025US 12,343,210 B2Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Underwater optical positioning systems and methods17 Dec 2024US 12,169,240 B23D at Depth, Inc.
- Underwater optical metrology system19 Nov 2024US 12,146,951 B23D at Depth, Inc.
- Image projection apparatus27 Aug 2024US 12,075,198 B2Panasonic Holdings Corporation
- Determining material stiffness using multiple aperture ultrasound7 May 2026US 2026/0123917 A1Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Underwater optical metrology system19 Jun 2025US 2025/0199169 A13D at Depth, Inc.
- Underwater optical positioning systems and methods1 May 2025US 2025/0138185 A13D at Depth, Inc.
- Determining material stiffness using multiple aperture ultrasound30 Jan 2025US 2025/0032093 A1Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Acoustic camera including explosion proof means or waterproof means5 Dec 2024US 2024/0402586 A1Sm Instruments Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for coherent image formation124US 5,623,928 AAcuson Corporation · 1997
- Ultrasonic imager110US 6,552,841 B1Imperium Advanced Ultrasonic Imaging · 2003
- Method, apparatus and applications for combining transmit wave functions to obtain synthetic waveform in ultrasonic imaging system100US 5,891,038 AGeneral Electric Company · 1999
- Ultrasound imaging system98US 7,687,976 B2General Electric Company · 2010
- Method and apparatus for coherent image formation83US 5,667,373 AAcuson Corporation · 1997