G01J 3/14
Using refracting elements
Official title: using refracting elements, e.g. prisms (G01J3/18, G01J3/26 take precedence {prisms per se G02B5/04})
G01J3/14 (Using refracting elements) appears on 415 US grants and 406 published applications in this corpus.
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- Optical system and method for eliminating overlap of diffraction spectra120US 5,424,827 ALitton Systems, Inc. · 1995