G02B 27/0031
For scanning purposes
Official title: {for scanning purposes}
G02B27/0031 (For scanning purposes) appears on 530 US grants and 314 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for scanning field correction at least of a laser scanner device, laser scanner device, scatter pattern element, scatter pattern holding device and scanning field correction system22 Sep 2026US 12,742,963 B2Novanta Europe GmbH
- Infinity-corrected microscope objective for scanning applications8 Sep 2026US 12,730,304 B2Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,710,642 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Methods and systems for minimizing haze during holographic recording2 Jun 2026US 12,645,182 B2DigiLens Inc.
- Multibeam 3-D focus generator5 May 2026US 12,619,090 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Retinal projection device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186296 A1TDK Corporation
- Optical imaging system comprising a scanning imaging device, method, system, and computer program25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177798 A1Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
- Method and device for determining a local height of a sample surface7 May 2026US 2026/0126284 A1Mitutoyo Corporation
- Device and Method for Image Recording26 Feb 2026US 2026/0059062 A1CI Tech Sensors AG
- Infinity-corrected microscope objective for scanning applications9 Jan 2025US 2025/0013039 A1Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser scanning system employing an optics module capable of forming a laser beam having an extended depth of focus (DOF) over the laser scanning field508US 8,844,823 B2Metrologic Instruments, Inc. · 2014
- Wobble correction lens with binary diffractive optic surface and refractive cylindrical surface432US 5,208,701 AXerox Corporation · 1993
- Optical scanning apparatus having an array of light sources74US 4,474,422 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984
- Chromatic aberration correction in a multiwavelength light beam deflection system67US 4,435,041 ASperry Corporation · 1984
- Hologon scanner with beam shaping stationary diffraction grating58US 5,061,025 AEastman Kodak Company · 1991