G06F 3/04164
Connections between sensors and controllers
Official title: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads}
G06F3/04164 (Connections between sensors and controllers) appears on 5,049 US grants and 6,277 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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