G02B 26/08
Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or
Official title: for controlling the direction of light (in light guides G02B6/35)
G02B26/08 (Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or) appears on 16,656 US grants and 16,228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 16,656
- Published applications
- 16,228
- Assignees
- 3,383
- Inventors
- 20,803
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 41 | 0 |
| 1977 | 38 | 0 |
| 1978 | 47 | 0 |
| 1979 | 30 | 0 |
| 1980 | 35 | 0 |
| 1981 | 50 | 0 |
| 1982 | 43 | 0 |
| 1983 | 42 | 0 |
| 1984 | 45 | 0 |
| 1985 | 59 | 0 |
| 1986 | 66 | 0 |
| 1987 | 68 | 0 |
| 1988 | 66 | 0 |
| 1989 | 95 | 0 |
| 1990 | 95 | 0 |
| 1991 | 101 | 0 |
| 1992 | 119 | 0 |
| 1993 | 152 | 0 |
| 1994 | 126 | 0 |
| 1995 | 150 | 0 |
| 1996 | 211 | 0 |
| 1997 | 236 | 0 |
| 1998 | 297 | 0 |
| 1999 | 317 | 0 |
| 2000 | 290 | 0 |
| 2001 | 318 | 143 |
| 2002 | 357 | 501 |
| 2003 | 373 | 499 |
| 2004 | 481 | 615 |
| 2005 | 494 | 670 |
| 2006 | 599 | 685 |
| 2007 | 468 | 645 |
| 2008 | 500 | 677 |
| 2009 | 448 | 619 |
| 2010 | 491 | 535 |
| 2011 | 458 | 452 |
| 2012 | 417 | 470 |
| 2013 | 441 | 477 |
| 2014 | 496 | 515 |
| 2015 | 450 | 705 |
| 2016 | 513 | 634 |
| 2017 | 572 | 678 |
| 2018 | 591 | 786 |
| 2019 | 781 | 921 |
| 2020 | 750 | 901 |
| 2021 | 705 | 914 |
| 2022 | 679 | 933 |
| 2023 | 701 | 745 |
| 2024 | 738 | 660 |
| 2025 | 620 | 499 |
| 2026 | 396 | 349 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Casing for optical scanning device, including positioning mechanism that positions main body on upper side with respect to main body on lower side, in horizontal and height directions, and optical scanning device having such casing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,559 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Volumetric, nonlocal metasurface device that maps certain incident electromagnetic waves to at least one spot on a surface of the device, and methods of manufacture6 Oct 2026US 12,754,347 B2
- Substrate and method for modifying at least one region of a surface or a portion of a substrate6 Oct 2026US 12,754,371 B2Schott AG
- Optical module6 Oct 2026US 12,754,412 B2Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Dynamic concentrator system and method therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,754,413 B2PLX, Inc.
- Additive manufacturing systems and related methods utilizing risley prism beam steering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307171 A1VulcanForms Inc.
- Rotating Beam Switch8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309924 A1nLIGHT, Inc.
- Driving circuit for microelectromechanical systems (mems) micromirrors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309977 A1Molex Incorporated
- Microelectromechanical mirror, method of operating a microelectromechanical mirror, projection device and use of a microelectromechanical mirror8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309978 A1
- Apparatus and methods to render 3d digital content having multiple views8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310005 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spiral scanner with electronic control1,545US 6,626,834 B22003
- Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample1,199US 5,321,501 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Interferometric modulation of radiation1,041US 6,674,562 B1Iridigm Display Corporation · 2004
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus1,019US 7,598,972 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2009
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements1,018US 5,459,570 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995