G02B 27/09
Beam shaping
Official title: Beam shaping, e.g. changing the cross-sectional area, not otherwise provided for {(adapting the beam shape of a laser diode G02B19/0052; adapting the beam shape of an LED G02B19/0061; coupling into light guides using intermediate optical elements G02B6/4204; beam shaping specially adapted for lasers H01S3/005)}
G02B27/09 (Beam shaping) appears on 5,289 US grants and 5,925 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 5,289
- Published applications
- 5,925
- Assignees
- 2,048
- Inventors
- 9,890
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 71 | 118 |
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| 2024 | 311 | 315 |
| 2025 | 262 | 239 |
| 2026 | 169 | 149 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 27/0938Using specific optical elements4,471
- G02B 27/0927Systems for changing the beam intensity distribution1,152
- G02B 27/0905Dividing and/or superposing multiple light beams657
- G02B 27/0916Adapting the beam shape of a semiconductor light source such as a279
- G02B 27/0911Anamorphotic systems259
- G02B 27/0933Systems for active beam shaping by rapid movement of an element127
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