G02B 21/088
For both incident illumination and transillumination
Official title: {for both incident illumination and transillumination}
G02B21/088 (For both incident illumination and transillumination) appears on 121 US grants and 133 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 121
- Published applications
- 133
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 271
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 11 |
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| 2016 | 12 | 8 |
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| 2018 | 5 | 11 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 |
| 2022 | 8 | 10 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- High effective refractive index materials for ultra-high resolution illumination nanoscopy14 Apr 2026US 12,601,902 B2The Regents at the University of California
- Bio-imaging devices and methods of using same3 Mar 2026US 12,568,307 B2Azure Biosystems, Inc.
- Scanner and method of using the scanner during a stain assessment17 Feb 2026US 12,553,909 B2The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust
- Augmented-field-of-view, high-resolution optical microscopy method and optical microscope10 Feb 2026US 12,546,982 B2Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Microscope for imaging samples within wells of multi-well plates hold by stage and beam homogenizer for homogenizing beam23 Sep 2025US 12,422,660 B2Quiver Holdings Inc.
- High throughput optical imager28 May 2026US 2026/0147200 A1Standard Biotools Inc.
- Documentation of section surfaces of histological blocks30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118653 A1Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Medizinische Fakultät
- Apparatus for multimodal analysis of sample material5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063538 A1Bruker Daltonics, Inc.
- Sample image acquisition device and sample image generation device29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029632 A1Evident Corporation
- Digital microscope and method of generating a full overview image of a sample in a digital microscope29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029633 A1PreciPoint GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical illumination and detecting apparatus177US 4,806,776 A1989
- Electronic illumination control67US 4,561,731 A1985
- Imaging system, methodology, and applications employing reciprocal space optical design50US 7,385,168 B2Angkor Technology, LLP · 2008
- Lighting device for a microscope48US 6,243,197 B1Leica Mikroskopie und Systeme GmbH · 2001
- Imaging system, methodology, and applications employing reciprocal space optical design45US 7,288,751 B2Angkor Technology, LLP · 2007