G05D 1/0242
Using non-visible light signals
Official title: {using non-visible light signals, e.g. IR or UV signals}
G05D1/0242 (Using non-visible light signals) appears on 838 US grants and 867 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 838
- Published applications
- 867
- Assignees
- 335
- Inventors
- 1,538
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 47 | 21 |
| 2025 | 25 | 11 |
| 2026 | 13 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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