G01J 5/0806
Focusing or collimating elements
Official title: Focusing or collimating elements, e.g. lenses or concave mirrors
G01J5/0806 (Focusing or collimating elements) appears on 719 US grants and 691 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01J- Granted patents
- 719
- Published applications
- 691
- Assignees
- 487
- Inventors
- 1,708
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2025 | 44 | 26 |
| 2026 | 15 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Warm filter configuration for reducing effects of reflected infrared radiation systems and methods14 Jul 2026US 12,680,879 B2FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Infrared sensor assembly for receiving interchangeable lenses23 Jun 2026US 12,663,314 B2LSI Industries, Inc.
- Method of manufacturing terahertz detection device, and detection apparatus12 May 2026US 12,628,443 B2Nuctech Company Limited
- Sensing device5 May 2026US 12,618,715 B2Innolux Corporation
- Thermal imaging module and electronic device28 Apr 2026US 12,613,452 B2Hangzhou Microimage Software Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for quantifying light intensity24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287434 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Infrared sensing system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287438 A1Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
- Light detection element17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276450 A1TDK Corporation
- Method And System For A Trail Camera With Modular Fresnel Lenses13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238870 A1Deer Management Systems, LLC
- Infrared imaging device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227240 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sensor system for identifying and tracking movements of multiple sources327US 7,351,975 B2Duke University · 2008
- Imaging and temperature monitoring system318US 5,219,226 AQuadtek, Inc. · 1993
- Tri-mode seeker246US 6,606,066 B1Northrop Grumman Corporation · 2003
- Infrared detector182US 5,914,488 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999
- Multifunction occupancy sensor161US 5,764,146 AHubbell Incorporated · 1998