G02B 17/0668
Having non-imaging properties
Official title: {having non-imaging properties}
G02B17/0668 (Having non-imaging properties) appears on 37 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 37
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 84
- Latest grant
- 20 Jan 2026
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| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Illumination line generation by double-duty diffusion20 Jan 2026US 12,529,828 B2Cognex Corporation
- Optical apparatus, in-vehicle system, and moving apparatus13 Jan 2026US 12,523,747 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Panel inspection device having first, second and third mirrors, and method for inspecting a panel6 Jan 2026US 12,517,337 B2Excelitas Deutschland GmbH
- Optical module14 Oct 2025US 12,443,018 B2NEC Corporation
- Nonreciprocal solar thermophotovoltaics12 Aug 2025US 12,388,390 B2University of Houston System
- Illumination line generation by double-duty diffusion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299175 A1Cognex 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
- Optical system and projection exposure apparatus9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314853 A1
- Cavity for intensity build up of multiple lasers5 Sep 2024US 2024/0295724 A1California Institute of Technology
- Illumination line generation by double-duty diffusion6 Jun 2024US 2024/0184022 A1Cognex Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illumination systems utilizing highly reflective light emitting diodes and light recycling to enhance brightness101US 6,869,206 B22005
- Micro-molded anamorphic reflector lens for image guided therapeutic/diagnostic catheters28US 10,568,520 B2Avinger, Inc. · 2020
- Overhang enclosure of a panoramic optical device to eliminate double reflection21US 9,810,887 B1Hoyos Integrity Corporation · 2017
- Micro-molded anamorphic reflector lens for image guided therapeutic/diagnostic catheters20US 11,033,190 B2Avinger, Inc. · 2021
- Total transmissibility optical system14US 4,886,348 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1989