B82Y 20/00
Nanooptics
Official title: Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
B82Y20/00 (Nanooptics) appears on 10,990 US grants and 11,699 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B82Y- Granted patents
- 10,990
- Published applications
- 11,699
- Assignees
- 2,808
- Inventors
- 18,694
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 22 | 0 |
| 1987 | 24 | 0 |
| 1988 | 51 | 0 |
| 1989 | 70 | 0 |
| 1990 | 57 | 0 |
| 1991 | 104 | 0 |
| 1992 | 98 | 0 |
| 1993 | 99 | 0 |
| 1994 | 137 | 0 |
| 1995 | 114 | 0 |
| 1996 | 152 | 0 |
| 1997 | 128 | 0 |
| 1998 | 199 | 0 |
| 1999 | 173 | 0 |
| 2000 | 156 | 0 |
| 2001 | 150 | 77 |
| 2002 | 210 | 358 |
| 2003 | 315 | 448 |
| 2004 | 377 | 490 |
| 2005 | 345 | 672 |
| 2006 | 438 | 598 |
| 2007 | 375 | 639 |
| 2008 | 392 | 654 |
| 2009 | 441 | 649 |
| 2010 | 574 | 694 |
| 2011 | 514 | 603 |
| 2012 | 466 | 583 |
| 2013 | 503 | 573 |
| 2014 | 542 | 476 |
| 2015 | 457 | 387 |
| 2016 | 382 | 304 |
| 2017 | 360 | 374 |
| 2018 | 267 | 331 |
| 2019 | 291 | 334 |
| 2020 | 285 | 358 |
| 2021 | 289 | 472 |
| 2022 | 286 | 448 |
| 2023 | 343 | 381 |
| 2024 | 290 | 323 |
| 2025 | 311 | 294 |
| 2026 | 176 | 179 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wavelength conversion member6 Oct 2026US 12,752,518 B2Nichia Corporation
- Volumetric, nonlocal metasurface device that maps certain incident electromagnetic waves to at least one spot on a surface of the device, and methods of manufacture6 Oct 2026US 12,754,347 B2
- Rapidly reversible and wavelength-tunable photochromic compositions, systems, and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,754,443 B1HRL Laboratories, LLC
- Hybrid quantum-classical communication system6 Oct 2026US 12,756,480 B2General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same, display panel and display apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,757,569 B2Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Quantum dot-containing composition, wavelength conversion member, and method for manufacturing quantum dot-containing composition8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308445 A1Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Wavelength conversion sheet, backlight, and liquid crystal display device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308447 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Composition exhibiting narrow photoluminescence line width8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308448 A1
- Systems and methods for fabrication of a part with an embedded quantum sensor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309812 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and apparatus for fabrication of large area 3d photonic crystals with embedded waveguides8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310072 A1UNM Rainforest Innovations
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interferometric modulation of radiation1,041US 6,674,562 B1Iridigm Display Corporation · 2004
- Photonic mems and structures872US 6,650,455 B2Iridigm Display Corporation · 2003
- Interferometric modulation of radiation856US 6,680,792 B2Iridigm Display Corporation · 2004
- Visible spectrum modulator arrays807US 5,835,255 AEtalon, Inc. · 1998
- Visible spectrum modulator arrays780US 5,986,796 AEtalon, Inc. · 1999