F21S 43/242
Characterised by the emission area
Official title: characterised by the emission area
F21S43/242 (Characterised by the emission area) appears on 1,046 US grants and 1,151 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21S- Granted patents
- 1,046
- Published applications
- 1,151
- Assignees
- 296
- Inventors
- 1,936
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 |
| 2003 | 9 | 8 |
| 2004 | 6 | 12 |
| 2005 | 10 | 11 |
| 2006 | 10 | 12 |
| 2007 | 5 | 14 |
| 2008 | 16 | 19 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13 |
| 2010 | 8 | 17 |
| 2011 | 11 | 18 |
| 2012 | 6 | 27 |
| 2013 | 17 | 36 |
| 2014 | 28 | 65 |
| 2015 | 34 | 67 |
| 2016 | 45 | 78 |
| 2017 | 63 | 92 |
| 2018 | 93 | 89 |
| 2019 | 124 | 98 |
| 2020 | 96 | 69 |
| 2021 | 66 | 53 |
| 2022 | 73 | 73 |
| 2023 | 72 | 74 |
| 2024 | 81 | 80 |
| 2025 | 73 | 65 |
| 2026 | 36 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle lamp29 Sep 2026US 12,747,844 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Optical component, lighting device, and motor vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,742,534 B2Valeo Vision
- Vehicle lamp8 Sep 2026US 12,729,823 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle lamp8 Sep 2026US 12,729,824 B2Nichia Corporation
- Lighting arrangement, vehicle light and vehicle1 Sep 2026US 12,723,729 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Arrangement of optical components for a lighting device for a motor vehicle and a lighting device for the tail section of a motor vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298435 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Lighting device for vehicles1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298436 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Light guide component, lighting or signal indication device and motor vehcile17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276163 A1Valeo Vision
- Linear light-emitting device, lamp assembly, and vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276166 A1Valeo Vision
- Lighting device for vehicles17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276168 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illuminating device487US 5,136,483 A1992
- Vehicle lighting having remote light source298US 5,709,453 A1998
- Quarter-wave film for brightness enhancement of holographic thin taillamp270US 5,745,266 ARaytheon Company · 1998
- Collimating lamp244US 6,527,411 B1Visteon Corporation · 2003
- Exterior rearview mirror for vehicles, preferably motor vehicles222US 6,139,171 AReitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG · 2000