B60Q 3/76
For spotlighting
Official title: for spotlighting, e.g. reading lamps (spotlighting on or for specific fittings B60Q3/20; spotlighting in mass transit vehicles B60Q3/44)
B60Q3/76 (For spotlighting) appears on 227 US grants and 245 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 227
- Published applications
- 245
- Assignees
- 128
- Inventors
- 559
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 6 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 21 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 15 | 19 |
| 2019 | 17 | 24 |
| 2020 | 17 | 19 |
| 2021 | 13 | 15 |
| 2022 | 22 | 18 |
| 2023 | 18 | 11 |
| 2024 | 14 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Vehicle cabin illumination device9 Sep 2025US 12,409,778 B2MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
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- Vehicle occupant detection device and vehicle20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245326 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Loudspeaker assembly with lighting effect, and vehicle6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225521 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Light emitting module for vehicles9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192745 A1Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
- Control system for user experience enhancement devices of a vehicle based on occupancy30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116288 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lighting device for motor vehicles379US 6,152,590 ADonnelly Hohe GmbH & Co. KG · 2000
- Lighting device for motor vehicles265US 6,347,880 B1Donnelly Hohe GmbH & Co. KG · 2002
- Illumination devices for watches and other instruments257US 6,729,738 B2Luminary Logic Ltd. · 2004
- Lighting device utilizing light active sheet material with integrated light emitting diode, disposed in seam and/or in low profile application208US 8,754,426 B2Grote Industries, Inc. · 2014
- Method and system for flexible illuminated devices having edge lighting utilizing light active sheet material with integrated light emitting diode181US 8,876,352 B2Grote Industries, Inc. · 2014