H03K 2217/96003
Using acoustic waves
Official title: using acoustic waves, e.g. ultrasound
H03K2217/96003 (Using acoustic waves) appears on 79 US grants and 81 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 81
- Assignees
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- 175
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Audio-tactile transducer device based on dielectric electro-active elastomers13 Jan 2026US 12,526,582 B2Mateligent GmbH
- Device having integrated interface system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277330 A1Apple Inc.
- Refrigerator having panel assembly covering opening of outer plate of door2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182755 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Refrigerator having panel assembly covering opening of outer plate of door11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375049 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Ultrasonic touch sensor10 Apr 2025US 2025/0117099 A1Infineon Technologies AG
- Refrigerator having panel assembly covering opening of outer plate of door6 Feb 2025US 2025/0040731 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Acoustic condition sensor employing a plurality of mutually non-orthogonal waves236US 5,854,450 AElo TouchSystems, Inc. · 1998
- Acoustic touch position sensor using higher order horizontally polarized shear wave propagation201US 5,591,945 AElo TouchSystems, Inc. · 1997
- Acoustic condition sensor employing a plurality of mutually non-orthogonal waves122US 6,723,929 B2Elo TouchSystems, Inc. · 2004
- Acoustic condition sensor employing a plurality of mutually non-orthogonal waves118US 5,986,224 AElo TouchSystems, Inc. · 1999
- Reflective mode ultrasonic touch sensitive switch111US 5,673,041 A1997