G01M 11/02
Testing optical properties
G01M11/02 (Testing optical properties) appears on 1,947 US grants and 1,927 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01M- Granted patents
- 1,947
- Published applications
- 1,927
- Assignees
- 922
- Inventors
- 4,205
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 104 | 148 |
| 2025 | 111 | 136 |
| 2026 | 101 | 91 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01M 11/0242By measuring geometrical properties or aberrations927
- G01M 11/0207Details of measuring devices439
- G01M 11/0228By measuring refractive power336
- G01M 11/0221By determining the optical axis or position of lenses192
- G01M 11/06Testing the alignment of vehicle headlight devices171
- G01M 11/0285By measuring material or chromatic transmission properties112
- G01M 11/0292Of objectives by measuring the optical modulation transfer function98
- G01M 11/04Optical benches therefor81
Recent patents
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- Evaluating method of lens array, evaluating apparatus of lens array, manufacturing method of optical apparatus, and manufacturing method of image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298768 A1
- Electronic device and operating method of the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303775 A1Samsung Electrionics Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for reducing non-normal incidence distortion in glazing films24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285019 A1RO Technologies, LLC
- Control device for actuator, lamp, and calibration method for same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285220 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for measuring optical phase and amplitude110US 6,781,701 B1Intel Corporation · 2004
- System and method of measuring and mapping three dimensional structures110US 7,455,407 B2AMO Wavefront Sciences, LLC · 2008
- Optical components107US 9,423,360 B1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC · 2016
- Lithographic projection apparatus, a grating module, a sensor module, a method of measuring wave front aberrations104US 6,650,399 B2ASML Netherlands B. V. · 2003
- System and method for determining and controlling focal distance in a vision system camera100US 8,576,390 B1Cognex Corporation · 2013