G02B 19/0057
In the form of a laser diode array
Official title: {in the form of a laser diode array, e.g. laser diode bar (semiconductor laser arrays with beam combining arrangement H01S5/4012)}
G02B19/0057 (In the form of a laser diode array) appears on 565 US grants and 595 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 565
- Published applications
- 595
- Assignees
- 305
- Inventors
- 1,111
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 4 |
| 2002 | 8 | 14 |
| 2003 | 8 | 14 |
| 2004 | 16 | 25 |
| 2005 | 17 | 23 |
| 2006 | 21 | 34 |
| 2007 | 14 | 30 |
| 2008 | 19 | 25 |
| 2009 | 14 | 19 |
| 2010 | 24 | 15 |
| 2011 | 18 | 27 |
| 2012 | 14 | 22 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 |
| 2014 | 25 | 17 |
| 2015 | 15 | 21 |
| 2016 | 21 | 22 |
| 2017 | 19 | 27 |
| 2018 | 23 | 28 |
| 2019 | 27 | 33 |
| 2020 | 28 | 38 |
| 2021 | 27 | 31 |
| 2022 | 27 | 39 |
| 2023 | 20 | 24 |
| 2024 | 31 | 25 |
| 2025 | 23 | 13 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser diode collimation optics159US 4,185,891 AGrumman Aerospace Corporation · 1980
- Faceted totally internally reflecting lens with individually curved faces on facets146US 5,404,869 ATIR Technologies, Inc. · 1995
- Laser printer using a fly's eye integrator135US 5,923,475 AEastman Kodak Company · 1999
- Brightness conserving optical system for modifying beam symmetry119US 5,168,401 ASpectra Diode Laboratories, Inc. · 1992
- Laser illuminated image projection system and method of using same103US 5,704,700 AProxima Corporation · 1998