G02B 27/095
Refractive optical elements
Official title: {Refractive optical elements}
G02B27/095 (Refractive optical elements) appears on 2,631 US grants and 2,826 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 2,631
- Published applications
- 2,826
- Assignees
- 1,213
- Inventors
- 5,151
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 151 | 137 |
| 2024 | 164 | 156 |
| 2025 | 123 | 112 |
| 2026 | 85 | 60 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical system for sample processing instrument and sample processing instrument29 Sep 2026US 12,748,035 B2Beckman Coulter Biotechnology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Optical system and head mount display22 Sep 2026US 12,742,970 B2Goertek Optical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Optical module with double emitter chips and double dove prisms22 Sep 2026US 12,742,973 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Optical system and virtual reality device22 Sep 2026US 12,742,975 B2Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Lens assembly, display module, and electronic device22 Sep 2026US 12,742,976 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Optical device, electronic device including same, display method, control method, and control device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309983 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Optical device for modifying a light beam1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299273 A1Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
- Flow cytometer, laser optics assembly thereof, and methods of assembling the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276940 A1IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
- Beam shaping device and machining device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257297 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Apparatus for reduction of signal variation in sequencing system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251891 A1Illumina, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser projection display system492US 6,594,090 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2003
- Side emitting LED and lens330US 6,679,621 B2Lumileds Lighting U.S., LLC · 2004
- Laser scanning optical system and laser scanning optical apparatus221US 5,583,342 AHamamatsu Photonics K.K. · 1996
- Highly efficient LED lamp178US 6,814,470 B2Farlight LLC · 2004
- Laser diode collimation optics159US 4,185,891 AGrumman Aerospace Corporation · 1980