G01J 5/08
Optical arrangements
G01J5/08 (Optical arrangements) appears on 2,810 US grants and 2,737 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01J- Granted patents
- 2,810
- Published applications
- 2,737
- Assignees
- 1,388
- Inventors
- 6,173
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 33 | 0 |
| 2000 | 47 | 0 |
| 2001 | 45 | 11 |
| 2002 | 36 | 36 |
| 2003 | 37 | 34 |
| 2004 | 36 | 55 |
| 2005 | 27 | 44 |
| 2006 | 40 | 61 |
| 2007 | 33 | 47 |
| 2008 | 39 | 58 |
| 2009 | 46 | 86 |
| 2010 | 58 | 77 |
| 2011 | 54 | 103 |
| 2012 | 75 | 111 |
| 2013 | 79 | 125 |
| 2014 | 90 | 147 |
| 2015 | 131 | 153 |
| 2016 | 152 | 154 |
| 2017 | 104 | 141 |
| 2018 | 164 | 154 |
| 2019 | 166 | 160 |
| 2020 | 144 | 146 |
| 2021 | 139 | 159 |
| 2022 | 110 | 162 |
| 2023 | 126 | 158 |
| 2024 | 133 | 161 |
| 2025 | 139 | 104 |
| 2026 | 83 | 90 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01J 5/0806Focusing or collimating elements719
- G01J 5/0801Means for wavelength selection or discrimination504
- G01J 5/0818Waveguides467
- G01J 5/0853Having infrared absorbers other than the usual absorber layers deposited on infrared392
- G01J 5/0896Using a light source358
- G01J 5/0846Having multiple detectors for performing different types of detection328
- G01J 5/0803Arrangements for time-dependent attenuation of radiation signals274
- G01J 5/0859Sighting arrangements229
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- G01J 5/0875Windows223
- G01J 5/0893Arrangements to attach devices to a pyrometer, i.e. attaching an optical interface222
- G01J 5/0831Masks200
- G01J 5/084Adjustable or slidable192
- G01J 5/0813Planar mirrors125
- G01J 5/0837Microantennas124
- G01J 5/0815Light concentrators, collectors or condensers111
- G01J 5/0887Integrating cavities mimicking black bodies, wherein the heat propagation between the black107
- G01J 5/0814Particular reflectors88
- G01J 5/0808Convex mirrors79
- G01J 5/0879Optical elements not provided otherwise79
- G01J 5/0881Compact construction45
- G01J 5/0816Using attenuators31
- G01J 5/0878Diffusers24
- G01J 5/0856Slit arrangements20
- G01J 5/0865Having means for replacing an element of the arrangement by another of19
- G01J 5/0868Means for illuminating a slit or a surface efficiently16
- G01J 5/085Having a through-hole enabling the optical elements to fulfil an additional optical14
- G01J 5/0871Beam switching arrangements14
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