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CiDRA Corporation

128Patents
12Active
128Granted
47Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 31, 1996 → Jan 22, 2007 · 12 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6354147B1 Fluid parameter measurement in pipes using acoustic pressures Physics 191 Expired
US5892860A Multi-parameter fiber optic sensor for use in harsh environments Physics 184 Expired
US6016702A High sensitivity fiber optic pressure sensor for use in harsh environments Physics 148 Expired
US6233374A Mandrel-wound fiber optic pressure sensor Physics 114 Expired
US6450037B1 Non-intrusive fiber optic pressure sensor for measuring unsteady pressures within a pipe Physics 110 Expired
US6009216A Coiled tubing sensor system for delivery of distributed multiplexed sensors Fixed Constructions 90 Expired
US6229827A Compression-tuned bragg grating and laser Physics 86 Expired
US6072567A Vertical seismic profiling system having vertical seismic profiling optical signal processing equipment and fiber Bragg grafting optical sensors Physics 83 Expired
US6732575B2 Fluid parameter measurement for industrial sensing applications using acoustic pressures Physics 82 Expired
US6889562B2 Flow rate measurement for industrial sensing applications using unsteady pressures Physics 80 Expired
US6470036B1 Tunable external cavity semiconductor laser incorporating a tunable bragg grating Electricity 74 Expired
US5925879A Oil and gas well packer having fiber optic Bragg Grating sensors for downhole insitu inflation monitoring Fixed Constructions 74 Expired
US7032432B2 Apparatus and method for measuring parameters of a mixture having liquid droplets suspended in a vapor flowing in a pipe Physics 73 Expired
US6279660A Apparatus for optimizing production of multi-phase fluid Fixed Constructions 73 Expired
US6271766A Distributed selectable latent fiber optic sensors Fixed Constructions 73 Expired
US7134320B2 Apparatus and method for providing a density measurement augmented for entrained gas Physics 70 Expired
US6191414A Composite form as a component for a pressure transducer Physics 69 Expired
US6489606B1 Bragg grating sensor system with spectral response or code division multiplexing Physics 66 Expired
US5986749A Fiber optic sensing system Physics 65 Expired
US5987197A Array topologies for implementing serial fiber Bragg grating interferometer arrays Physics 63 Expired
US7261002B1 Flow rate measurement for industrial sensing applications using unsteady pressures Physics 62 Expired
US5877426A Bourdon tube pressure gauge with integral optical strain sensors for measuring tension or compressive strain Physics 60 Expired
US7096719B2 Apparatus for measuring parameters of a flowing multiphase mixture Physics 59 Expired
US7152460B2 Apparatus and method for compensating a coriolis meter Physics 55 Expired
US6959604B2 Apparatus and method having an optical fiber disposed circumferentially around the pipe for measuring unsteady pressure within a pipe Physics 53 Expired

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