F21V 5/041
Ball lenses
Official title: {Ball lenses}
F21V5/041 (Ball lenses) appears on 46 US grants and 70 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21V- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 70
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 78
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Light-emitting diode assemblies and systems therefore311US 4,675,575 AE & G Enterprises · 1987
- Led lamp having ball-shaped light diffusing modifier111US 6,305,821 B1Gen-Home Technology Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Illumination systems utilizing light emitting diodes and light recycling to enhance output radiance104US 6,960,872 B2Goldeneye, Inc. · 2005
- Bulb for light-emitting diode with color-converting insert48US 7,686,478 B1iLight Technologies, Inc. · 2010
- LED lighting arrangement including a substantially spherical optical component having a surface partially coated with a light emitting phosphor48US 8,067,884 B2Intematrix Corporation · 2011