G02B 27/0966
Cylindrical lenses
Official title: {Cylindrical lenses (cylindrical lenses per se G02B3/06)}
G02B27/0966 (Cylindrical lenses) appears on 477 US grants and 437 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 477
- Published applications
- 437
- Assignees
- 288
- Inventors
- 877
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 9 |
| 2002 | 15 | 14 |
| 2003 | 10 | 12 |
| 2004 | 12 | 17 |
| 2005 | 6 | 17 |
| 2006 | 19 | 27 |
| 2007 | 11 | 15 |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 |
| 2009 | 17 | 15 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 |
| 2011 | 20 | 19 |
| 2012 | 5 | 14 |
| 2013 | 16 | 9 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 | 9 |
| 2016 | 14 | 20 |
| 2017 | 15 | 14 |
| 2018 | 12 | 20 |
| 2019 | 22 | 35 |
| 2020 | 22 | 22 |
| 2021 | 19 | 32 |
| 2022 | 21 | 22 |
| 2023 | 20 | 24 |
| 2024 | 16 | 14 |
| 2025 | 18 | 10 |
| 2026 | 11 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Instantaneous non-diffracting light sheets11 Aug 2026US 12,704,706 B2University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Lighting device and primary optics for shaping far-field light emission of LED array and method of manufacture4 Aug 2026US 12,698,882 B2Lumileds Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Optical component and laser radar system14 Jul 2026US 12,681,318 B2Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Display device and driving method therefor16 Jun 2026US 12,656,625 B2Beijing Shiyan Technology Co., Ltd.
- Device for shaping a laser radiation2 Jun 2026US 12,645,088 B2Limo Display GmbH
- Flow cytometer, laser optics assembly thereof, and methods of assembling the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276940 A1IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
- Lens and optical sensor system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219366 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Lighting device and primary optics for shaping far-field light emission of led array and method of manufacture2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185679 A1Lumileds LLC
- Optical component, optical element, and manufacturing method of optical component28 May 2026US 2026/0147145 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Laser system and method for manufacturing electronic device12 Mar 2026US 2026/0072288 A1Gigaphoton Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser diode collimation optics159US 4,185,891 AGrumman Aerospace Corporation · 1980
- Method and apparatus for temporal and spatial beam integration148US 5,646,791 AVISX, Incorporated · 1997
- Beam homogenizer and laser irradiation apparatus139US 6,393,042 B1Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd. · 2002
- Imaged article on polymeric substrate136US 6,203,952 B13M Innovative Properties Company · 2001
- Laser printer using a fly's eye integrator135US 5,923,475 AEastman Kodak Company · 1999