G02B 17/0621
Off-axis or unobscured systems in which not all of the mirrors share
Official title: {off-axis or unobscured systems in which not all of the mirrors share a common axis of rotational symmetry, e.g. at least one of the mirrors is warped, tilted or decentered with respect to the other elements}
G02B17/0621 (Off-axis or unobscured systems in which not all of the mirrors share) appears on 96 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 96
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 76
- Inventors
- 211
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Virtual image display optical architectures14 Apr 2026US 12,601,925 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Image projection device13 Jan 2026US 12,523,871 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Head-mounted fixing device19 Nov 2024US 12,147,055 B2
- Light irradiation apparatus10 Sep 2024US 12,085,727 B2Disco Corporation
- Compact in-line reflective optical beam expander or reducer with adjustable focus11 Jun 2024US 12,007,577 B2Raytheon Company
- Wolter mirror assembly26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056397 A1KLA Corporation
- Highly stable two-mirror optical cavity with direct injection8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009985 A1City University of Hong Kong
- Aerial image display device18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383556 A1KYOCERA Corporation
- Laser system and method for generating secondary radiation through interaction of a primary laser beam with a target material27 Nov 2025US 2025/0364767 A1Trumpf Laser GmbH
- Aerial image display device13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347926 A1KYOCERA Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical system, and image observing apparatus and image pickup apparatus using it178US 5,706,136 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Soft x-ray reduction camera for submicron lithography69US 5,003,567 A1991
- Real imaging system with reduced ghost imaging63US 6,798,579 B2Optical Products Development Corp. · 2004
- Projection optical system and projection exposure apparatus41US 6,995,918 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2006
- Apparatus and method for creating a real image illusion37US 5,257,130 AThe Walt Disney Company · 1993