G02B 19/0019
Having reflective surfaces only
Official title: {having reflective surfaces only (e.g. louvre systems, systems with multiple planar reflectors)}
G02B19/0019 (Having reflective surfaces only) appears on 749 US grants and 833 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 749
- Published applications
- 833
- Assignees
- 525
- Inventors
- 1,753
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2022 | 27 | 44 |
| 2023 | 42 | 39 |
| 2024 | 27 | 30 |
| 2025 | 16 | 18 |
| 2026 | 16 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical system and method for a radiation source6 Oct 2026US 12,757,311 B2ASML Netherlands B. V.
- Extreme ultraviolet light source device6 Oct 2026US 12,757,312 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Light-reflecting member and light source device25 Aug 2026US 12,717,071 B2Nichia Corporation
- Methods including a combined light sheet and apparatuses11 Aug 2026US 12,703,149 B2Quadratic 3D, Inc.
- Light concentrating device for optical sensing systems9 Jun 2026US 12,650,496 B2Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd.
- Fast Acquisition Laser Communications using a Minimum Average Distance Shift Process23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213850 A1The Boeing Company
- Optical device and vehicle equipped with the same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202031 A1Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Illumination reflector system and method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177805 A1
- Illuminating device comprising a light source and an optical reflector, and associated electronic device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0181238 A1Valeo Comfort and Driving Assistance
- Shape Memory Design for a Lightweight, Low Stow Volume, Deployable Solar Concentrator18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168703 A1L'Garde, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical manifold for light-emitting diodes187US 7,286,296 B2Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC · 2007
- Illumination systems utilizing multiple wavelength light recycling154US 7,040,774 B2Goldeneye, Inc. · 2006
- Methods of and apparatus for manipulating electromagnetic phenomenon151US 5,369,511 A1994
- Composite reflecting surface for linear LED array121US 7,008,079 B2Whelen Engineering Company, Inc. · 2006
- Photovoltaic device with optical concentrator and method of making the same116US 6,440,769 B2The Trustees of Princeton University · 2002