G06K 7/10712
Fixed beam scanning
Official title: {Fixed beam scanning}
G06K7/10712 (Fixed beam scanning) appears on 3,757 US grants and 3,574 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 3,757
- Published applications
- 3,574
- Assignees
- 938
- Inventors
- 4,155
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 0 |
| 1994 | 31 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 38 | 0 |
| 1997 | 51 | 0 |
| 1998 | 78 | 0 |
| 1999 | 74 | 0 |
| 2000 | 58 | 0 |
| 2001 | 57 | 14 |
| 2002 | 39 | 63 |
| 2003 | 54 | 108 |
| 2004 | 60 | 126 |
| 2005 | 65 | 109 |
| 2006 | 95 | 108 |
| 2007 | 97 | 129 |
| 2008 | 73 | 175 |
| 2009 | 132 | 131 |
| 2010 | 115 | 118 |
| 2011 | 135 | 98 |
| 2012 | 102 | 126 |
| 2013 | 117 | 171 |
| 2014 | 149 | 107 |
| 2015 | 171 | 125 |
| 2016 | 134 | 202 |
| 2017 | 201 | 199 |
| 2018 | 178 | 224 |
| 2019 | 197 | 232 |
| 2020 | 213 | 187 |
| 2021 | 176 | 198 |
| 2022 | 184 | 155 |
| 2023 | 162 | 164 |
| 2024 | 181 | 161 |
| 2025 | 142 | 93 |
| 2026 | 64 | 51 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Methods for transmitting data via free space spatiotemporal patterns in a datacenter22 Sep 2026US 12,744,997 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Near co-axial polarized illuminator apparatuses and uses thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,737,576 B2Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Electronic device for controlling internet-of-things device, and storage medium therefor13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238508 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- System and method for tracking destruction of hardware6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228348 A1Apto Solutions Inc.
- Indicia Reader with Indicators for Document Placement6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228470 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Code reader system and method using code reader system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220405 A1Keyence Corporation
- Scene authentication23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212699 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical reader comprising multiple color illumination859US 6,832,725 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2004
- Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones789US 5,726,984 ANorand Corporation · 1998
- Optical scanner for reading and decoding one- and-two-dimensional symbologies at variable depths of field including memory efficient high speed image processing means and high accuracy image analysis means721US 5,756,981 ASymbol Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader supporting narrow-area and wide-area modes of illumination and image capture686US 7,128,266 B2Metrologic Instruments, Inc. · 2006
- Hand-held data capture system with interchangable modules608US 5,410,141 ANorand Corporation · 1995