G02B 27/021
Reading apparatus
Official title: {Reading apparatus}
G02B27/021 (Reading apparatus) appears on 66 US grants and 54 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 66
- Published applications
- 54
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 113
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 7 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Selective visualization of an image using second pass-through of polarized light6 Oct 2026US 12,754,439 B2Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Compact single-camera system emulating multi-camera system6 Oct 2026US 12,755,117 B1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Teleprompter24 Feb 2026US 12,560,788 B2Aten International Co., Ltd.
- Sensor lens assembly having non-reflow configuration8 Aug 2023US 11,723,147 B2Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd.
- Optical device for facilitating reading14 Mar 2023US 11,604,361 B2Universite De Rennes 1
- A system for selectively projecting an object of interest onto a predefined retinal area30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222524 A1La Science SAS
- Teleprompter2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186280 A1Aten International Co., Ltd.
- Fort's medi -view magnify lens and case22 Jan 2026US 2026/0023267 A1
- Selective visualization of an image15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016699 A1Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Media prompter18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383592 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Image reading device and storage medium storing control procedure for image reading device48US 6,950,139 B2Nikon Corporation · 2005
- Light modulated microarray reader and methods relating thereto45US 6,794,658 B2Digital Optical Imaging Corporation · 2004
- Magnifying container for printed matter29US 5,471,347 A1995
- Magnifying container for printed matter28US 5,610,770 A1997
- Encoded information reading terminal with micro-projector27US 9,390,304 B2Honeywell International Inc. · 2016