G01J 5/0831
Masks
Official title: Masks; Aperture plates; Spatial light modulators
G01J5/0831 (Masks) appears on 200 US grants and 173 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01J- Granted patents
- 200
- Published applications
- 173
- Assignees
- 134
- Inventors
- 400
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 |
| 2010 | 9 | 4 |
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| 2015 | 9 | 12 |
| 2016 | 18 | 11 |
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| 2021 | 8 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and system for non-contact temperature measurement of spot on target object30 Jun 2026US 12,669,381 B2National Tsing Hua University
- Miniaturized stereoscopic thermal sensor for an automatic counting device17 Mar 2026US 12,578,228 B2Kiomda
- Light detection device20 Jan 2026US 12,532,553 B2Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Radiation thermometer, temperature measurement method, and temperature measurement program13 Jan 2026US 12,523,532 B2Horiba, Ltd.
- Detection systems with spatial specificity and methods of detecting flame or gas with spatial specificity6 Jan 2026US 12,516,983 B2Carrier Corporation
- Hot stop aperture fixtures for thermal imaging measurements20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354868 A1
- Passive infrared sensor with patterned lens2 Oct 2025US 2025/0308355 A1STMicroelectronics S,r.l.
- Phase modulating thin film for long-wave infrared thermal imaging3 Jul 2025US 2025/0216582 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Optical filter array19 Jun 2025US 2025/0204068 A1Viavi Solutions Inc.
- On-board radiation sensing apparatus8 May 2025US 2025/0146879 A1Calumino Pty Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Portable data collection device with dataform decoding and image capture capability364US 6,019,286 AMetanetics Corporation · 2000
- Portable data collection device with two dimensional imaging assembly141US 5,818,028 ATelxon Corporation · 1998
- Diffractive optical modulator and method for producing the same, infrared sensor including such a diffractive optical modulator and method for producing the same, and display device including such a diffractive optical modulator136US 5,920,418 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Optically readable radiation-displacement-conversion devices and methods, and image-rendering apparatus and methods employing same87US 6,080,988 ANikon Corporation · 2000
- Optical system for wide angle IR imager56US 4,783,593 AGeneral Electric Company · 1988