G01B 9/02035
Shaping the focal point
Official title: {Shaping the focal point, e.g. elongated focus}
G01B9/02035 (Shaping the focal point) appears on 68 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 79
- Assignees
- 59
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- Latest grant
- 11 Nov 2025
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for light sheet imaging with optical coherence gating11 Nov 2025US 12,467,735 B2University of Kent
- Optical sensor module including an interferometric sensor and extended depth of focus optics28 Jan 2025US 12,209,890 B2Apple Inc.
- Surface metrology systems and methods thereof22 Oct 2024US 12,123,701 B2OptiPro Systems, LLC
- Tomographic imaging system for transparent material composite thin film19 Dec 2023US 11,846,587 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Dual-optical displacement sensor alignment using knife edges29 Aug 2023US 11,740,356 B2Honeywell International Inc.
- Optical coherence tomography apparatus, method of controlling thereof, and recording medium23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210695 A1Topcon Corporation
- Swept source OCT system with multi spatial mode gain chip5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063413 A1
- Line-field OCT System with K Space Calibration19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198742 A1
- Line-field OCT System with Multi Transverse Mode Laser22 May 2025US 2025/0164234 A1
- Dynamic interferometer illuminator17 Apr 2025US 2025/0123095 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for low coherence ranging298US 7,310,150 B2The General Hospital Corporation · 2007
- High resolution optical coherence tomography with an improved depth range using an axicon lens41US 7,072,045 B2The Regents of the University of California · 2006
- Systems and methods for generating data based on one or more spectrally-encoded endoscopy techniques38US 7,796,270 B2The General Hospital Corporation · 2010
- Material-working device with in-situ measurement of the working distance29US 8,982,339 B2Precitec Optronik GmbH · 2015
- Dual-beam low-coherence interferometer with improved signal-to-noise ratio27US 6,256,102 B1University of Central Florida · 2001