G02B 21/0028
Specially adapted for specific applications
Official title: {specially adapted for specific applications, e.g. for endoscopes, ophthalmoscopes, attachments to conventional microscopes}
G02B21/0028 (Specially adapted for specific applications) appears on 289 US grants and 301 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 289
- Published applications
- 301
- Assignees
- 184
- Inventors
- 619
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 12 | 11 |
| 2003 | 7 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 6 | 12 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11 |
| 2009 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 |
| 2011 | 9 | 10 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 9 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 |
| 2015 | 8 | 15 |
| 2016 | 15 | 29 |
| 2017 | 11 | 17 |
| 2018 | 15 | 16 |
| 2019 | 21 | 12 |
| 2020 | 16 | 15 |
| 2021 | 13 | 20 |
| 2022 | 15 | 18 |
| 2023 | 12 | 14 |
| 2024 | 13 | 10 |
| 2025 | 12 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical system mounted on a confocal endomicroscope18 Aug 2026US 12,710,631 B2VPIX Medical Incorporation
- Multimodal microscopic systems16 Jun 2026US 12,656,591 B2Prospective Instruments GmbH
- Imaging systems with periscope well plates16 Jun 2026US 12,656,592 B2
- Intraoral scanner with optical system for minimizing stray light19 May 2026US 12,631,862 B23Shape A/S
- Microscope and method for microscopic examination of large samples12 May 2026US 12,625,355 B2Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
- System and method for microscopy using a smart device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309965 A1Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Microscope with digital binocular assembly having rigid flex cable connections8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309972 A1Alcon Inc.
- Miniature modular detachable image-observation base device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276966 A1National Taiwan University
- Intraoral scanner with optical system for minimizing stray light16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202652 A13Shape A/S
- Attachment optical system26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086339 A1Nikon Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser excited confocal microscope fluorescence scanner and method491US 5,091,652 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1992
- Microlens scanner for microlithography and wide-field confocal microscopy461US 6,133,986 A2000
- High-throughput, maskless lithography system299US 6,177,980 B12001
- Scanning confocal microscope including a single fibre for transmitting light to and receiving light from an object271US 5,120,953 A1992
- Confocal microscopy with multi-spectral encoding246US 6,341,036 B12002