G02B 27/1073
Characterized by manufacturing or alignment methods
Official title: {characterized by manufacturing or alignment methods}
G02B27/1073 (Characterized by manufacturing or alignment methods) appears on 416 US grants and 352 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 416
- Published applications
- 352
- Assignees
- 226
- Inventors
- 706
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 4 |
| 2002 | 21 | 18 |
| 2003 | 12 | 21 |
| 2004 | 21 | 41 |
| 2005 | 14 | 25 |
| 2006 | 23 | 22 |
| 2007 | 22 | 14 |
| 2008 | 10 | 8 |
| 2009 | 10 | 13 |
| 2010 | 9 | 16 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 |
| 2012 | 9 | 5 |
| 2013 | 10 | 8 |
| 2014 | 10 | 14 |
| 2015 | 9 | 16 |
| 2016 | 10 | 17 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7 |
| 2018 | 12 | 10 |
| 2019 | 7 | 18 |
| 2020 | 15 | 10 |
| 2021 | 13 | 10 |
| 2022 | 7 | 15 |
| 2023 | 20 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical module23 Jun 2026US 12,663,659 B2Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Rainbow projector and method for producing rainbow light5 May 2026US 12,619,089 B1
- Alignment of energy beams in additive manufacturing systems and machines17 Feb 2026US 12,552,105 B2Concept Laser GmbH
- Device for producing a polychromatic light beam by combining a plurality of individual light beams10 Feb 2026US 12,547,011 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Dual field of view optical system19 Aug 2025US 12,393,042 B2Immervision, Inc.
- Camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309963 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Beam splitter and beam splitter manufacturing method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277011 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Optical engine structure and assembly method of optical engine structure23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211253 A1Triple Win Technology(Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
- Optical aperture multipliers having a rectangular waveguide28 Aug 2025US 2025/0271608 A1Lumus Ltd.
- Direct-bonded lamination for improved image clarity in optical devices24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237788 A1Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Light guide optical device506US 7,457,040 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2008
- Compact image display system for eyeglasses or other head-borne frames494US 6,384,982 B1The Microoptical Corporation · 2002
- Light guide optical device489US 8,004,765 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2011
- Uniform illumination system488US 7,072,096 B2Digital Optics International Corporation · 2006
- Compact image display system for eyeglasses or other head-borne frames474US 6,204,974 B1The Microoptical Corporation · 2001