G02B 27/0972
Prisms
Official title: {Prisms (prisms per se G02B5/04)}
G02B27/0972 (Prisms) appears on 448 US grants and 432 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 448
- Published applications
- 432
- Assignees
- 294
- Inventors
- 964
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 5 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 1 |
| 2004 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14 |
| 2007 | 9 | 22 |
| 2008 | 7 | 12 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 |
| 2011 | 8 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 8 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11 |
| 2018 | 7 | 30 |
| 2019 | 28 | 58 |
| 2020 | 31 | 31 |
| 2021 | 40 | 39 |
| 2022 | 33 | 29 |
| 2023 | 35 | 32 |
| 2024 | 32 | 31 |
| 2025 | 22 | 20 |
| 2026 | 17 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical system for sample processing instrument and sample processing instrument29 Sep 2026US 12,748,035 B2Beckman Coulter Biotechnology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Optical module with double emitter chips and double dove prisms22 Sep 2026US 12,742,973 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Angled illumination system for microfluidic devices15 Sep 2026US 12,736,824 B2Standard Biotools Inc.
- Increasing uniformity of illumination of a region of a local area by an illuminator including an array of light sources11 Aug 2026US 12,704,734 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Beam control for optical beams11 Aug 2026US 12,704,735 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Near-eye display systems utilizing an array of projectors20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244027 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Optical system and image projection apparatus21 May 2026US 2026/0140354 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Display system and vehicle14 May 2026US 2026/0133422 A1Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
- A Thin Disk Laser System16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104595 A1Fyzikalni Ustav Av Cr, V. V. I.
- Pile installation confirmation instrument19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078558 A1Array Tech, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser scanning optical system and laser scanning optical apparatus221US 5,583,342 AHamamatsu Photonics K.K. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for temporal and spatial beam integration148US 5,646,791 AVISX, Incorporated · 1997
- Laser illumination method133US 6,002,523 ASemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd. · 1999
- Laser scanning optical system and laser scanning optical apparatus106US 5,796,112 AHamamatsu Photonics K.K. · 1998
- Optical pulse-shaping device and method, and optical communications station and method101US 5,166,818 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1992