F21S 43/245
Emitting light from one or more of its major surfaces
Official title: emitting light from one or more of its major surfaces
F21S43/245 (Emitting light from one or more of its major surfaces) appears on 773 US grants and 862 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21S- Granted patents
- 773
- Published applications
- 862
- Assignees
- 251
- Inventors
- 1,541
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 11 |
| 2005 | 9 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 10 |
| 2008 | 12 | 11 |
| 2009 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11 |
| 2011 | 7 | 16 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19 |
| 2013 | 11 | 30 |
| 2014 | 22 | 50 |
| 2015 | 28 | 51 |
| 2016 | 34 | 56 |
| 2017 | 47 | 55 |
| 2018 | 67 | 68 |
| 2019 | 86 | 71 |
| 2020 | 68 | 50 |
| 2021 | 47 | 40 |
| 2022 | 52 | 53 |
| 2023 | 51 | 56 |
| 2024 | 63 | 67 |
| 2025 | 59 | 50 |
| 2026 | 29 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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
- Vehicle lighting apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,716,564 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- 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
- Lighting device for vehicles17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276168 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Vehicle lamp17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276169 A1Nichia Corporation
- Lighting device for a motor vehicle30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218874 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illuminating device487US 5,136,483 A1992
- Quarter-wave film for brightness enhancement of holographic thin taillamp270US 5,745,266 ARaytheon Company · 1998
- Exterior rearview mirror for vehicles, preferably motor vehicles222US 6,139,171 AReitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG · 2000
- Multi-function vehicle taillight system with unitary optic206US 6,102,559 AFord Motor Company · 2000
- Linear light source202US 4,941,072 ASanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1990