G02B 21/082
For incident illumination only
Official title: {for incident illumination only}
G02B21/082 (For incident illumination only) appears on 531 US grants and 565 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 531
- Published applications
- 565
- Assignees
- 331
- Inventors
- 1,260
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 6 |
| 2002 | 9 | 12 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 |
| 2006 | 5 | 11 |
| 2007 | 9 | 14 |
| 2008 | 10 | 14 |
| 2009 | 11 | 17 |
| 2010 | 13 | 22 |
| 2011 | 7 | 11 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 |
| 2013 | 8 | 20 |
| 2014 | 15 | 20 |
| 2015 | 16 | 26 |
| 2016 | 18 | 19 |
| 2017 | 24 | 44 |
| 2018 | 18 | 27 |
| 2019 | 27 | 31 |
| 2020 | 35 | 41 |
| 2021 | 32 | 44 |
| 2022 | 32 | 37 |
| 2023 | 24 | 29 |
| 2024 | 23 | 31 |
| 2025 | 26 | 25 |
| 2026 | 25 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical apparatus for laser annealing15 Sep 2026US 12,736,790 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Microscope system15 Sep 2026US 12,736,793 B2Evident Corporation
- Angled illumination system for microfluidic devices15 Sep 2026US 12,736,824 B2Standard Biotools Inc.
- Speckle-reduced illumination for improved scattering-based microscopy1 Sep 2026US 12,724,285 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Multiband scanning and fiber bundle to enable reduced light source intensity and improved imaging quality25 Aug 2026US 12,720,229 B2Illumina, Inc.
- Microscope and Microscopy Method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299275 A1
- Apparatus for reduction of signal variation in sequencing system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251891 A1Illumina, Inc.
- Observation Method and Observation Device11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160975 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Dark-field imaging system28 May 2026US 2026/0146956 A1Tecan Trading AG
- Documentation of section surfaces of histological blocks30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118653 A1Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Medizinische Fakultät
Most cited
By later US patents
- Scanning confocal microscope including a single fibre for transmitting light to and receiving light from an object271US 5,120,953 A1992
- Surface illuminator with means for adjusting orientation and inclination of incident illumination171US 5,690,417 AOptical Gaging Products, Inc. · 1997
- Illuminating arrangement for illuminating an object with incident light137US 5,038,258 ACarl-Zeiss-Stiftung · 1991
- Incident-light fluorescence microscope113US 6,025,956 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Focusing light source with flexible mount for multiple light-emitting elements90US 5,580,163 AAugust Technology Corp. · 1996