F21S 43/26
Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups
Official title: {Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S43/235 - F21S43/255}
F21S43/26 (Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups) appears on 1,258 US grants and 1,239 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21S- Granted patents
- 1,258
- Published applications
- 1,239
- Assignees
- 340
- Inventors
- 1,999
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 5 |
| 2002 | 14 | 17 |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 |
| 2005 | 9 | 21 |
| 2006 | 10 | 24 |
| 2007 | 11 | 13 |
| 2008 | 12 | 11 |
| 2009 | 10 | 7 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 8 | 10 |
| 2012 | 6 | 12 |
| 2013 | 7 | 26 |
| 2014 | 13 | 47 |
| 2015 | 29 | 81 |
| 2016 | 51 | 64 |
| 2017 | 51 | 84 |
| 2018 | 82 | 119 |
| 2019 | 137 | 128 |
| 2020 | 132 | 78 |
| 2021 | 100 | 83 |
| 2022 | 99 | 112 |
| 2023 | 122 | 136 |
| 2024 | 112 | 98 |
| 2025 | 76 | 22 |
| 2026 | 21 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Accessory optical path translator25 Aug 2026US 12,715,358 B2Emergency Technology, Inc.
- Motor vehicle having a decorative part or trim part in the external region30 Jun 2026US 12,668,175 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Backlit vehicle panel and badge arrangements18 Jun 2026US 2026/0173677 A1Magna Exteriors Inc.
- Pocket light adapter11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158990 A1Lund, Inc.
- Lighting module, lighting device and taillight11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160399 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Lighting Device, Rear-View Device and Motor Vehicle4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153211 A1
- System and method for portable, safety lighting4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153664 A1Archangel Device LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- LED vehicle lamp assembly654US 5,632,551 AGrote Industries, Inc. · 1997
- Vehicular lamp502US 4,733,335 AKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 1988
- Led array vehicle lamp406US 5,528,474 AGrote Industries, Inc. · 1996
- Signalling assembly395US 6,257,746 B1K. W. Muth Company, Inc. · 2001
- Lighting device for motor vehicles379US 6,152,590 ADonnelly Hohe GmbH & Co. KG · 2000