G10K 15/046
Using optical excitation
Official title: {using optical excitation, e.g. laser bundle}
G10K15/046 (Using optical excitation) appears on 79 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Measuring device and measuring method19 Aug 2025US 12,392,667 B2National Yang Ming.Chiao Tung University
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- Phonon parametric oscillator2 Apr 2024US 11,948,548 B2Centrale Lille Institut
- Mobile communications device without physical screen-opening for audio23 Jan 2024US 11,882,404 B2Ams AG
- An optical fiber device for photo-acoustic transmission19 Mar 2026US 2026/0079292 A1Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- High acoustic-amplitude laser-induced plasma (lip) sound generator15 Aug 2024US 2024/0274118 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Ultrasonic transmission instrument and ultrasonic imaging device29 Feb 2024US 2024/0065556 A1FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
- Measuring device and measuring method17 Aug 2023US 2023/0258504 A1National Yang Ming.Chiao Tung University
- Mobile communications device without physical screen-opening for audio2 Jun 2022US 2022/0174426 A1Ams AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Opto-acoustic transducer and telephone receiver131US 4,334,321 A1982
- Opto-acoustic generator of ultrasound waves from laser energy supplied via optical fiber118US 6,519,376 B2Actis, Ltd. · 2003
- Method and apparatus for sensing a measurand115US 4,713,540 AThe Foxboro Company · 1987
- Acoustic microscope and method98US 4,267,732 AStanford University Board of Trustees · 1981
- Apparatus for producing ultrasonic waves in a workpiece92US 4,379,409 AKrautkramer-Branson, Incorporated · 1983