G01J 1/0422
Using light concentrators, collectors or condensers
Official title: {using light concentrators, collectors or condensers}
G01J1/0422 (Using light concentrators, collectors or condensers) appears on 252 US grants and 240 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 240
- Assignees
- 188
- Inventors
- 626
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2022 | 14 | 9 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
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