A61F 2002/1696
Having structure for blocking or reducing amount of light transmitted
Official title: {Having structure for blocking or reducing amount of light transmitted, e.g. glare reduction}
A61F2002/1696 (Having structure for blocking or reducing amount of light transmitted) appears on 161 US grants and 234 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 161
- Published applications
- 234
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 236
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 17 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 26 |
| 2017 | 23 | 16 |
| 2018 | 10 | 13 |
| 2019 | 16 | 15 |
| 2020 | 9 | 12 |
| 2021 | 13 | 20 |
| 2022 | 11 | 10 |
| 2023 | 10 | 15 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 |
| 2025 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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