B60R 1/088
Using a cell of electrically changeable optical characteristic
Official title: {using a cell of electrically changeable optical characteristic, e.g. liquid-crystal or electrochromic mirrors}
B60R1/088 (Using a cell of electrically changeable optical characteristic) appears on 968 US grants and 846 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 846
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- 188
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- 798
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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