G02B 27/0081
Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups
Official title: {with means for altering, e.g. enlarging, the entrance or exit pupil}
G02B27/0081 (Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups) appears on 1,495 US grants and 2,001 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,495
- Published applications
- 2,001
- Assignees
- 380
- Inventors
- 2,082
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11 |
| 2005 | 7 | 10 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12 |
| 2007 | 7 | 11 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13 |
| 2009 | 12 | 22 |
| 2010 | 19 | 31 |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 |
| 2012 | 15 | 10 |
| 2013 | 16 | 14 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 |
| 2015 | 11 | 19 |
| 2016 | 21 | 53 |
| 2017 | 47 | 91 |
| 2018 | 77 | 105 |
| 2019 | 92 | 130 |
| 2020 | 134 | 193 |
| 2021 | 142 | 196 |
| 2022 | 161 | 192 |
| 2023 | 187 | 279 |
| 2024 | 166 | 220 |
| 2025 | 192 | 221 |
| 2026 | 110 | 128 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Optical system with waveguide redirecting reflector22 Sep 2026US 12,742,919 B1Apple Inc.
- Uniform incoupler for conical incidence22 Sep 2026US 12,742,968 B2InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
- Image projection22 Sep 2026US 12,742,977 B2Dualitas Ltd
- Hyper temporal lidar using multiple matched filters to determine target retro-reflectivity15 Sep 2026US 12,736,637 B2Aeye, Inc.
- Optical device for augmented reality providing expanded eye box1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299290 A1Letinar Co., Ltd
- Optical waveguide device and ar display apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299292 A1Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Methods for fabricating light-guide optical elements1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299294 A1Lumus Ltd.
- Multiple separated field of view augmented reality waveguide system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299299 A1Google Inc.
- Exit pupil expander24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287899 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Light guide optical device506US 7,457,040 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2008
- Light guide optical device489US 8,004,765 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2011
- Substrate-guided optical beam expander453US 6,829,095 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2004
- Holographic optical devices327US 6,580,529 B1ELOP Electro-Optics Industries Ltd. · 2003
- Device for expanding an exit pupil in two dimensions316US 8,160,411 B2Nokia Corporation · 2012