B81B 3/0029
Transducers for transforming light into mechanical energy or viceversa
Official title: {Transducers for transforming light into mechanical energy or viceversa}
B81B3/0029 (Transducers for transforming light into mechanical energy or viceversa) appears on 41 US grants and 50 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B81B- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 50
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 130
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Light-based tactile sensing with directional sensitivity22 Sep 2026US 12,742,693 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Superconducting quantum architectures19 Aug 2025US 12,393,856 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Optical microphone assembly18 Feb 2025US 12,231,847 B2Sensibel AS
- Light-based tactile sensing with directional sensitivity25 Jun 2024US 12,018,990 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Techniques for bidirectional transduction of quantum level signals between optical and microwave frequencies using a common acoustic intermediary11 Jun 2024US 12,006,206 B2California Institute of Technology
- Superconducting quantum architectures30 Oct 2025US 2025/0335806 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- High-q micromechanical torsion resonator based on suspending a test mass from a nanoribbon24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236508 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Optical microphone assembly8 May 2025US 2025/0150763 A1Sensibel AS
- Techniques for bidirectional transduction of quantum level signals between optical and microwave frequencies using a common acoustic intermediary26 Sep 2024US 2024/0317575 A1California Institute of Technology
- Light-based tactile sensing with directional sensitivity19 Sep 2024US 2024/0310226 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
Most cited
By later US patents
- Opto-electro-mechanical device or filter, process for making, and sensors made therefrom408US 5,559,358 AHoneywell Inc. · 1996
- Optical-microwave-quantum transducer22US 9,260,289 B2Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 2016
- MEMS oscillator drive12US 7,358,822 B2Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 2008
- Optical-microwave-quantum transducer12US 9,296,609 B2Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 2016
- Techniques for bidirectional transduction of quantum level signals between optical and microwave frequencies using a common acoustic intermediary10US 10,858,240 B2California Institute of Technology · 2020