G02B 2006/12145
Switch
Official title: {Switch}
G02B2006/12145 (Switch) appears on 383 US grants and 352 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 383
- Published applications
- 352
- Assignees
- 196
- Inventors
- 761
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 6 |
| 2002 | 22 | 39 |
| 2003 | 32 | 46 |
| 2004 | 28 | 36 |
| 2005 | 30 | 29 |
| 2006 | 20 | 8 |
| 2007 | 16 | 7 |
| 2008 | 12 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 14 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6 |
| 2019 | 11 | 13 |
| 2020 | 17 | 20 |
| 2021 | 15 | 11 |
| 2022 | 17 | 16 |
| 2023 | 13 | 17 |
| 2024 | 14 | 18 |
| 2025 | 14 | 12 |
| 2026 | 6 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wafer level optical routing29 Sep 2026US 12,748,260 B1Volantis Semiconductor, Inc.
- Silicon-based photonic quantum memory devices and methods for forming the same19 May 2026US 12,631,820 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Depolarization5 May 2026US 12,619,029 B2Sentea NV
- Reconfigurable PIC architecture for both phase and amplitude modulation28 Apr 2026US 12,613,373 B2Finisar Shanghai Incorporation
- Structures and methods for stress and gap mitigation in integrated optics microelectromechanical systems17 Feb 2026US 12,554,065 B2
- Optical-switch-enabled reconfigurable photonic interposers for 2.5d/3d chiplet integrated systems10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267060 A1
- Silicon-based photonic quantum memory devices and methods for forming the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267064 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Polarization-diverse integrated photonic switch with multi-layer waveguides20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243951 A1
- Improved optical routing and networking using multi-layer optical circuits13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235804 A1QuiX Quantum B.V.
- Reconfigurable PIC Architecture for Both Phase and Amplitude Modulation13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235806 A1Finisar Shanghai Incorporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nanocomposite materials with engineered properties395US 6,710,366 B1UltraDots, Inc. · 2004
- Switchable optical components377US 6,567,573 B1DigiLens Inc. · 2003
- Switchable optical components/structures and methods for the fabrication thereof215US 5,937,115 AFoster-Miller, Inc. · 1999
- Optical device utilizing optical waveguides and mechanical light-switches177US 5,953,469 AXeotron Corporation · 1999
- Optical device utilizing optical waveguides and mechanical light-switches144US 6,650,822 B1Xeotion Corp. · 2003