B32B 2551/00
Optical elements
B32B2551/00 (Optical elements) appears on 984 US grants and 1,433 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B32B- Granted patents
- 984
- Published applications
- 1,433
- Assignees
- 553
- Inventors
- 2,998
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7 |
| 2004 | 6 | 20 |
| 2005 | 6 | 23 |
| 2006 | 10 | 23 |
| 2007 | 6 | 37 |
| 2008 | 9 | 19 |
| 2009 | 8 | 33 |
| 2010 | 12 | 36 |
| 2011 | 16 | 47 |
| 2012 | 16 | 39 |
| 2013 | 26 | 44 |
| 2014 | 22 | 57 |
| 2015 | 47 | 163 |
| 2016 | 47 | 146 |
| 2017 | 86 | 83 |
| 2018 | 94 | 90 |
| 2019 | 89 | 110 |
| 2020 | 84 | 86 |
| 2021 | 48 | 82 |
| 2022 | 60 | 69 |
| 2023 | 54 | 78 |
| 2024 | 68 | 48 |
| 2025 | 52 | 46 |
| 2026 | 35 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wavelength conversion member6 Oct 2026US 12,752,518 B2Nichia Corporation
- Laminate, method of manufacturing laminate, and method of manufacturing optical member15 Sep 2026US 12,736,840 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Cemented optical element, optical apparatus, and image pickup apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,730,284 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method for manufacturing an ophthalmic element comprising a film structure1 Sep 2026US 12,722,368 B2Essilor International
- Optical film, display device, and composition for forming colored layer28 Jul 2026US 12,693,460 B2Toppan Inc.
- Optical laminate and display apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307377 A1Nitto Denko Corporation
- Multilayer Articles Including an Absorbent Layer and an Ultraviolet Mirror, Systems, Devices, and Methods of Disinfecting24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284248 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Transparent glazing materials, assemblies including the glazing materials, and methods of forming same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275067 A1The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Laminate, optical member, optical apparatus, and method for producing laminate10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267053 A1Nitto Denko Corporation
- Optical film, optical effect film, easily adhesive film, optical multilayer body, surface plate, image display device, and polarizing plate27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251821 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical film968US 5,882,774 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1999
- Anti-scatter, ultraviolet protected, anti-misting, electro-optical assemblies628US 5,073,012 ADonnelly Corporation · 1991
- Anti-scatter, ultraviolet protected, anti-misting, electro-optical rearview mirror611US 5,115,346 ADonnelly Corporation · 1992
- Vehicle mirror assembly with indicia at reflective element575US 7,626,749 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2009
- Metal-coated multilayer mirror311US 5,699,188 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1997