G06F 3/04144
Using an array of force sensing means
Official title: {using an array of force sensing means (position sensing using the local deformation of sensor cells G06F3/0447)}
G06F3/04144 (Using an array of force sensing means) appears on 634 US grants and 762 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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