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G01V

GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B29/02)

Introduced: September 1968

Description

G01V covers instruments and methods for measuring and analyzing properties of the Earth and subsurface materials, including seismic surveys, gravitational and magnetic field measurements, and electromagnetic prospecting techniques used in oil and gas exploration, mineral detection, and geological mapping. The subclass also encompasses systems for detecting buried objects, underground structures, and mass distributions through non-invasive geophysical methods, as well as identification systems using tags for object tracking and positioning. Adjacent classifications in G01 (measuring and testing) are distinguished from G01V by the latter's specific focus on Earth science applications and subsurface investigation rather than general dimensional or material property measurement.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS

CPC: GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B29/02)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS

CPC:

GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B29/02)

Of 13 combined children, 11 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 2 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • G01V 13/00 Manufacturing, calibrating, cleaning, or repairing instruments or devices covered by groups G01V1/00 – G01V11/00 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G01V 15/00 Tags attached to, or associated with, an object, in order to enable detection of the object (record carriers for use with machines having a detectable tag or marker G06K19/00) since 1995 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G01V 20/00 Geomodelling in general since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G01V 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC