B60Q 3/44
Spotlighting
Official title: Spotlighting, e.g. reading lamps
B60Q3/44 (Spotlighting) appears on 156 US grants and 156 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 156
- Published applications
- 156
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 299
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11 |
| 2016 | 8 | 7 |
| 2017 | 4 | 8 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 8 | 13 |
| 2021 | 10 | 13 |
| 2022 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | 18 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Aircraft passenger reading light, aircraft comprising an aircraft passenger reading light, and method of operating an aircraft passenger reading light15 Sep 2026US 12,734,960 B2Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
- Light conversion systems, methods, and devices16 Dec 2025US 12,496,368 B2Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
- Spaced apart sterilization lights in an aircraft cabin20 May 2025US 12,303,608 B2Thales Avionics, Inc.
- Overhead ceiling lights for vehicles22 Apr 2025US 12,280,713 B1
- Air curtain systems and methods for internal cabins of vehicles7 Jan 2025US 12,187,440 B2The Boeing Company
- Light emitting module for vehicles9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192745 A1Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
- Method, in-vehicle apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium5 Mar 2026US 2026/0062977 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Aircraft passenger reading light, aircraft comprising an aircraft passenger reading light, and method of operating an aircraft passenger reading light20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353431 A1Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
- Reading light with motion controller for coordinated seat movement7 Nov 2024US 2024/0367794 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Vehicular illumination module13 Jun 2024US 2024/0190332 A1Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- LED reading light285US 6,161,910 AAerospace Lighting Corporation · 2000
- Aeroplane cabin lighting arrangement131US 6,203,180 B1Diehl Striftung & Co. · 2001
- Behind panel mount, directional lighting bracket101US 6,350,043 B1Aerospace Lighting Corporation · 2002
- Color-variable LED light, particularly for lighting the interior of vehicles94US 8,118,441 B2Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH · 2012
- Combination passenger reading light and air ventilator91US 4,142,227 AGulton Industries, Inc. · 1979