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Endress+Hauser Inc.

172Patents
4Active
172Granted
43Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 6, 1975 → Dec 22, 2020 · 2 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6205855A Device for monitoring a predetermined level in a container Physics 294 Expired
US6088001A Device for fastening an excitation element in a metal waveguide of an antenna and for electrically connecting the same to a coaxial line arranged outside the waveguide Electricity 222 Expired
US5757104A Method of operating an ultransonic piezoelectric transducer and circuit arrangement for performing the method Electricity 77 Expired
US6389891B1 Method and apparatus for establishing and/or monitoring the filling level of a medium in a container Physics 68 Expired
US6216172A Automatic can address allocation method Electricity 55 Expired
US5792957A Capacitive pressure sensors with high linearity by optimizing electrode boundaries Physics 46 Expired
US5737963A Ultrasonic transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5755136A Device for monitoring a predetermined level of a liquid in a container Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US5836192A Device for monitoring a predetermined level of a liquid in a container Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US6122602A Method and arrangement for electromagnetic wave distance measurement by the pulse transit time method Physics 39 Expired
US5614911A Radar-based method of level measurement Physics 37 Expired
US5594449A Tank-contents level measuring assembly Physics 36 Expired
US5689265A Device for measuring a level of material using microwaves Physics 34 Expired
US6229476A Liquid level meter Physics 33 Expired
US5665921A Gas tight pressure sensor sealed with flexible metallic adaptor and having ceramic sensor element Physics 33 Expired
US6078280A Periodic probe mapping Physics 32 Expired
US4347741A Control system for a capacitive level sensor Physics 31 Expired
US6559657B1 Probe mapping diagnostic methods Physics 31 Expired
US5339687A Flowmeter Physics 31 Expired
US5664456A Ultrasonic transducer Physics 30 Expired
US5294756A Conveyor belt scale apparatus Physics 28 Expired
US5866815A Fill-level indicator Physics 27 Expired
US6415660B1 Method and apparatus for the highly accurate determination of the filling level of a product in a container Physics 27 Expired
US5661251A Sensor apparatus for process measurement Physics 27 Expired
US5659321A Radar distance measuring device Physics 27 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.