G10K 11/18
Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound
Official title: Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound (G10K11/02, G10K11/36 take precedence)
G10K11/18 (Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound) appears on 3,516 US grants and 2,679 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10K- Granted patents
- 3,516
- Published applications
- 2,679
- Assignees
- 1,417
- Inventors
- 6,041
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 43 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 39 | 0 |
| 1979 | 51 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 55 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 57 | 12 |
| 2002 | 59 | 57 |
| 2003 | 55 | 47 |
| 2004 | 35 | 43 |
| 2005 | 28 | 67 |
| 2006 | 18 | 57 |
| 2007 | 28 | 64 |
| 2008 | 25 | 70 |
| 2009 | 35 | 62 |
| 2010 | 48 | 69 |
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| 2012 | 51 | 94 |
| 2013 | 61 | 80 |
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| 2015 | 100 | 166 |
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| 2017 | 137 | 154 |
| 2018 | 116 | 177 |
| 2019 | 164 | 167 |
| 2020 | 157 | 153 |
| 2021 | 129 | 188 |
| 2022 | 138 | 155 |
| 2023 | 176 | 165 |
| 2024 | 131 | 116 |
| 2025 | 124 | 114 |
| 2026 | 65 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Carbon nanotube acoustic lens for underwater high intensity acoustic delivery29 Sep 2026US 12,748,078 B2The Boeing Company
- Ultrasound 3D imaging system22 Sep 2026US 12,740,758 B2TeraTech Corporation
- SGV acoustic liner retention15 Sep 2026US 12,736,009 B1Rtx Corporation
- Planar linear array for ultrasound8 Sep 2026US 12,727,858 B2Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage8 Sep 2026US 12,732,760 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonic wave generating device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311674 A1Niterra Co., Ltd.
- Acoustic reflecting net24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290304 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281632 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonic transducer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268885 A1Qisda Corporation
- Wearable Focused Phased Array Device for Modulation27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249105 A1SecondWave Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulable ultrasonic surgical apparatus2,120US 6,063,098 A2000
- Ultrasonic probe having articulated structure and rotatable transducer head1,646US 5,413,107 ATetrad Corporation · 1995
- Spiral scanner with electronic control1,545US 6,626,834 B22003
- Ultrasonic imaging catheter having rotational image correlation543US 5,054,492 ACardiovascular Imaging Systems, Inc. · 1991
- Systems and methods for reducing secondary hot spots in a phased array focused ultrasound system487US 6,419,648 B1InSightec-TxSonics Ltd. · 2002