G02B 27/0961
Lens arrays
Official title: {Lens arrays (lens arrays per se G02B3/0006)}
G02B27/0961 (Lens arrays) appears on 767 US grants and 828 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 767
- Published applications
- 828
- Assignees
- 432
- Inventors
- 1,500
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 12 |
| 2002 | 22 | 17 |
| 2003 | 20 | 16 |
| 2004 | 12 | 18 |
| 2005 | 11 | 18 |
| 2006 | 20 | 36 |
| 2007 | 19 | 42 |
| 2008 | 27 | 21 |
| 2009 | 20 | 22 |
| 2010 | 23 | 29 |
| 2011 | 22 | 26 |
| 2012 | 15 | 28 |
| 2013 | 23 | 23 |
| 2014 | 25 | 21 |
| 2015 | 21 | 30 |
| 2016 | 24 | 43 |
| 2017 | 35 | 35 |
| 2018 | 33 | 42 |
| 2019 | 56 | 78 |
| 2020 | 60 | 67 |
| 2021 | 50 | 37 |
| 2022 | 41 | 56 |
| 2023 | 24 | 32 |
| 2024 | 37 | 35 |
| 2025 | 30 | 29 |
| 2026 | 26 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Angled illumination system for microfluidic devices15 Sep 2026US 12,736,824 B2Standard Biotools Inc.
- Optical system and display apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,736,825 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Optical beam former and maskless character projector1 Sep 2026US 12,724,177 B2Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
- Lidar sensor11 Aug 2026US 12,704,599 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Light emitting assembly, time of flight camera module, and mobile terminal11 Aug 2026US 12,704,603 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Optical device for modifying a light beam1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299273 A1Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
- Apparatus for reduction of signal variation in sequencing system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251891 A1Illumina, Inc.
- Dual contra-focal homogenizer25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180690 A1LaserMotive, Inc.
- Etendue Expander for a Display18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169290 A1Envisics Ltd
- Light output device and three-dimensional sensing device including same14 May 2026US 2026/0133292 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser projection display system492US 6,594,090 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2003
- Illumination device including amplitude-division and beam movements157US 5,153,773 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992
- Illumination optical arrangement139US 5,253,110 ANikon Corporation · 1993
- Beam homogenizer and laser irradiation apparatus139US 6,393,042 B1Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd. · 2002
- Laser printer using a fly's eye integrator135US 5,923,475 AEastman Kodak Company · 1999