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- G - Physics
- G01D - Measuring not specially adapted for a specific variablearrangements for measuring two or more variables not covered by a single other subclasstariff metering apparatustransferring or transducing arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variablemeasuring or testing not otherwise provided for
- G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
Patent holdings for IPC class G01D 5/347
Total number of patents in this class: 1368
10-year publication summary
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128
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133
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106
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104
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86
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
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|---|---|---|
| Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH | 408 |
101 |
| Mitutoyo Corporation | 1260 |
88 |
| Renishaw plc | 762 |
68 |
| Canon Inc. | 43869 |
51 |
| Nikon Corporation | 7226 |
46 |
| Pixart Imaging Inc. | 1726 |
36 |
| Apple Inc. | 58885 |
32 |
| Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 34035 |
32 |
| Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | 1463 |
30 |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 48048 |
27 |
| FANUC Corporation | 7235 |
23 |
| NSK Ltd. | 2832 |
22 |
| FARO Technologies, Inc. | 803 |
18 |
| Seiko Epson Corporation | 20259 |
15 |
| Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | 4686 |
12 |
| Siemens AG | 24020 |
10 |
| Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | 4245 |
10 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12937 |
9 |
| Canon Precision Inc. | 16 |
9 |
| Novanta Corporation | 120 |
9 |
| Other owners | 720 |