G02B 27/0056
By using a diffractive optical element
Official title: {by using a diffractive optical element}
G02B27/0056 (By using a diffractive optical element) appears on 71 US grants and 72 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 71
- Published applications
- 72
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 132
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2018 | 3 | 5 |
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| 2020 | 5 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Devices and methods for performing high-harmonic diffractive lens color compensation7 Jul 2026US 12,674,996 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Display for augmented reality or virtual reality6 Jan 2026US 12,517,365 B2Snap Inc.
- Wide-field imaging lens and optical image capturing device for electronic mobile devices29 Jul 2025US 12,372,742 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Residual aberration controller for adjustable aesthetic imaging in imaging optical systems13 May 2025US 12,298,499 B2
- Display for augmented reality or virtual reality18 Feb 2025US 12,228,739 B2Snap Inc.
- Imaging lens system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276956 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Detection of objects outside of an optical sensor field of view27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249785 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Peep sight with achromatic lens30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118088 A1X-Focus 365, LLC
- Display for augmented reality or virtual reality23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110910 A1Snap Inc.
- Achromatic position-agnostic optics2 Apr 2026US 2026/0093111 A1Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical material and optical element, diffraction optical element, and stacked type diffraction optical element molded thereof53US 8,120,851 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2012
- Dispersionless and dispersion-controlled optical dielectric metasurfaces44US 10,670,782 B2California Institute of Technology · 2020
- Dual field of view multi wavelength sensor28US 5,363,235 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1994
- Micro collimator system and method for a head up display (HUD)20US 10,746,989 B2Rockwell Collins, Inc. · 2020
- Diffractive-refractive achromatic lens20US 6,266,191 B1Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001