G02B 21/004
Fixed arrays
Official title: {fixed arrays, e.g. switchable aperture arrays}
G02B21/004 (Fixed arrays) appears on 132 US grants and 118 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 132
- Published applications
- 118
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 274
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 12 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Tandem linear scanning confocal imaging system with focal volumes at different heights499US 5,248,876 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1993
- Laser excited confocal microscope fluorescence scanner and method491US 5,091,652 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1992
- Multiple layer, multiple track optical disk access by confocal interference microscopy using wavenumber domain reflectometry and background amplitude reduction and compensation252US 6,091,496 AZetetic Institute · 2000
- Optical device with an illuminating grid and detector grid arranged confocally to an object239US 5,239,178 ACarl Zeiss AG · 1993
- Capillary array confocal fluorescence scanner and method218US 5,274,240 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1993