G02B 27/00
Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups
Official title: Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
G02B27/00 (Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups) appears on 57,975 US grants and 66,327 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 57,975
- Published applications
- 66,327
- Assignees
- 9,878
- Inventors
- 73,380
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 122 | 0 |
| 1977 | 98 | 0 |
| 1978 | 99 | 0 |
| 1979 | 77 | 0 |
| 1980 | 86 | 0 |
| 1981 | 90 | 0 |
| 1982 | 65 | 0 |
| 1983 | 82 | 0 |
| 1984 | 87 | 0 |
| 1985 | 105 | 0 |
| 1986 | 102 | 0 |
| 1987 | 144 | 0 |
| 1988 | 139 | 0 |
| 1989 | 183 | 0 |
| 1990 | 204 | 0 |
| 1991 | 229 | 0 |
| 1992 | 237 | 0 |
| 1993 | 258 | 0 |
| 1994 | 225 | 0 |
| 1995 | 260 | 0 |
| 1996 | 283 | 0 |
| 1997 | 343 | 0 |
| 1998 | 508 | 0 |
| 1999 | 468 | 0 |
| 2000 | 540 | 0 |
| 2001 | 519 | 192 |
| 2002 | 546 | 722 |
| 2003 | 560 | 688 |
| 2004 | 601 | 777 |
| 2005 | 584 | 915 |
| 2006 | 691 | 1055 |
| 2007 | 629 | 1027 |
| 2008 | 635 | 1047 |
| 2009 | 693 | 1169 |
| 2010 | 831 | 1227 |
| 2011 | 874 | 1229 |
| 2012 | 927 | 1348 |
| 2013 | 1062 | 1675 |
| 2014 | 1287 | 2006 |
| 2015 | 1581 | 2983 |
| 2016 | 2123 | 3631 |
| 2017 | 2838 | 4001 |
| 2018 | 3209 | 4504 |
| 2019 | 4379 | 5129 |
| 2020 | 4793 | 5354 |
| 2021 | 4370 | 5267 |
| 2022 | 4366 | 4976 |
| 2023 | 4235 | 4646 |
| 2024 | 4297 | 4444 |
| 2025 | 3933 | 3790 |
| 2026 | 2378 | 2525 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 27/01Head-up displays25,003
- G02B 27/10Beam splitting or combining systems7,437
- G02B 27/0093Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups5,628
- G02B 27/28Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups5,468
- G02B 27/09Beam shaping5,289
- G02B 27/0025Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups5,183
- G02B 27/64Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular4,974
- G02B 27/42Diffraction optics , i.e. systems including a diffractive element being designed for3,459
All 25 subgroupsShow fewer
- G02B 27/0006Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups2,023
- G02B 27/30Collimators1,588
- G02B 27/0081Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups1,495
- G02B 27/02Viewing or reading apparatus1,276
- G02B 27/0018Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups1,249
- G02B 27/48Laser speckle optics1,138
- G02B 27/0075Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups954
- G02B 27/0012Optical design788
- G02B 27/58Optics for apodization or superresolution665
- G02B 27/18Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups616
- G02B 27/62Optical apparatus specially adapted for adjusting optical elements during the assembly of560
- G02B 27/32Fiducial marks and measuring scales within the optical system473
- G02B 27/40Optical focusing aids258
- G02B 27/0087Phased arrays236
- G02B 27/50Optics for phase object visualisation139
- G02B 27/60Systems using moiré fringes134
- G02B 27/56Optics using evanescent waves, i.e. inhomogeneous waves88
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Video mirror systems incorporating an accessory module1,905US 6,690,268 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2004
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Interferometric modulation of radiation1,041US 6,674,562 B1Iridigm Display Corporation · 2004
- Optical film968US 5,882,774 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1999
- Vehicle interior LED lighting system962US 7,195,381 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2007