G02B 26/06
Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or
Official title: for controlling the phase of light (G02B26/08 takes precedence {, measuring optical phase difference G01J9/00})
G02B26/06 (Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or) appears on 1,136 US grants and 1,069 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,136
- Published applications
- 1,069
- Assignees
- 558
- Inventors
- 2,374
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 4 |
| 2002 | 22 | 19 |
| 2003 | 10 | 28 |
| 2004 | 22 | 28 |
| 2005 | 27 | 29 |
| 2006 | 29 | 44 |
| 2007 | 24 | 37 |
| 2008 | 29 | 39 |
| 2009 | 31 | 25 |
| 2010 | 26 | 39 |
| 2011 | 22 | 38 |
| 2012 | 33 | 36 |
| 2013 | 27 | 50 |
| 2014 | 36 | 39 |
| 2015 | 50 | 50 |
| 2016 | 48 | 48 |
| 2017 | 32 | 35 |
| 2018 | 41 | 38 |
| 2019 | 55 | 72 |
| 2020 | 49 | 59 |
| 2021 | 51 | 75 |
| 2022 | 51 | 72 |
| 2023 | 67 | 67 |
| 2024 | 59 | 39 |
| 2025 | 53 | 40 |
| 2026 | 28 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Deformable mirror light modulator677US 4,441,791 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1984
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- Grating based phase control optical delay line535US 6,111,645 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Interferometeric imaging with a grating based phase control optical delay line475US 6,421,164 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2002
- Grating based phase control optical delay line383US 6,282,011 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2001