G02B 2207/123
Optical louvre elements
Official title: Optical louvre elements, e.g. for directional light blocking
G02B2207/123 (Optical louvre elements) appears on 352 US grants and 513 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 25 Aug 2026
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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
- Light control sheets65US 5,108,857 ANippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. · 1992
- Light control film63US 8,213,082 B23M Innovative Properties Company · 2012
- Full-color zero-order suppressed diffraction optics diffusing screen/louver filter laminate54US 5,016,950 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1991
- Optical fingerprint sensor under a display44US 10,268,884 B2Synaptics Incorporated · 2019
- Ophthalmic lens system capable of interfacing with an external device44US 9,170,646 B2Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. · 2015