G02B 19/009
For use with infrared radiation
Official title: {for use with infrared radiation}
G02B19/009 (For use with infrared radiation) appears on 249 US grants and 255 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 249
- Published applications
- 255
- Assignees
- 184
- Inventors
- 497
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 1 | 38 |
| 2004 | 6 | 5 |
| 2005 | 24 | 3 |
| 2006 | 17 | 5 |
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| 2019 | 6 | 12 |
| 2020 | 6 | 17 |
| 2021 | 10 | 17 |
| 2022 | 11 | 19 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6 |
| 2024 | 18 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026 | 7 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Optical system and optical apparatus having the same14 Apr 2026US 12,601,863 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Freeform optics for optical wireless communications7 Apr 2026US 12,596,208 B2pureLiFi Limited
- Multiple light source configuration31 Mar 2026US 12,591,129 B2Designs for Vision, Inc.
- Compact optical engine and method of manufacturing same10 Mar 2026US 12,572,022 B2Google Inc.
- Packaged light emitting diode and touch sensitive apparatus having the same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244298 A1Uniphy Limited
- Camera Module with IR LEDs for Uniform Illumination2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189775 A1Waymo LLC
- Sub-millimeter and terahertz frequency metamaterial flat lens16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104534 A1
- Through-display proximity sensors with reduced temperature dependence26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086233 A1Apple Inc.
- Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360577 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- TIR lens for waveguide injection208US 5,806,955 ATIR Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Multiple wavelength light processor190US 5,655,832 ATIR Technologies, Inc. · 1997
- Method of and apparatus for automatically cropping captured linear images of a moving object prior to image processing using region of interest (roi) coordinate specifications captured by an object profiling subsystem158US 6,837,432 B2Metrologic Instruments, Inc. · 2005
- Methods of and apparatus for manipulating electromagnetic phenomenon151US 5,369,511 A1994
- Faceted totally internally reflecting lens with individually curved faces on facets146US 5,404,869 ATIR Technologies, Inc. · 1995