G02B 27/283
Used for beam splitting or combining
Official title: {used for beam splitting or combining}
G02B27/283 (Used for beam splitting or combining) appears on 3,334 US grants and 3,574 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 3,334
- Published applications
- 3,574
- Assignees
- 1,190
- Inventors
- 5,633
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 27 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 58 | 0 |
| 1999 | 51 | 0 |
| 2000 | 65 | 0 |
| 2001 | 73 | 25 |
| 2002 | 83 | 102 |
| 2003 | 79 | 97 |
| 2004 | 83 | 91 |
| 2005 | 71 | 94 |
| 2006 | 78 | 109 |
| 2007 | 56 | 68 |
| 2008 | 59 | 87 |
| 2009 | 49 | 80 |
| 2010 | 49 | 60 |
| 2011 | 57 | 69 |
| 2012 | 51 | 59 |
| 2013 | 48 | 79 |
| 2014 | 57 | 84 |
| 2015 | 74 | 110 |
| 2016 | 92 | 162 |
| 2017 | 143 | 188 |
| 2018 | 162 | 199 |
| 2019 | 189 | 242 |
| 2020 | 218 | 257 |
| 2021 | 191 | 292 |
| 2022 | 235 | 253 |
| 2023 | 233 | 239 |
| 2024 | 223 | 201 |
| 2025 | 188 | 193 |
| 2026 | 117 | 134 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Light source unit and image display device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,420 B2Nichia Corporation
- Near-eye display device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,427 B2Guangzhou Luxvisions Innovation Technology Limited
- Selective visualization of an image using second pass-through of polarized light6 Oct 2026US 12,754,439 B2Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes29 Sep 2026US 12,745,900 B2Zsquare Ltd.
- Techniques for providing combined signal to multi-mode waveguide photodetector29 Sep 2026US 12,748,193 B2Aeva, Inc.
- Ophthalmic lens8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309962 A1Young Optics Inc.
- Camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309963 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Techniques for Combining Optical Beams into Shared Spatial Mode1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299102 A1Aeva, Inc.
- Laser radar1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299133 A1Nikon Corporation
- Polarized light conversion device and manufacturing method therefor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299181 A1FOCtek Photonics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical film968US 5,882,774 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1999
- Apparatus for optical see-through head mounted display with mutual occlusion and opaqueness control capability688US 9,547,174 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Ergonomic head mounted display device and optical system641US 9,348,143 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2016
- Wide-field of view (FOV) imaging devices with active foveation capability563US 9,851,563 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Uniform illumination system488US 7,072,096 B2Digital Optics International Corporation · 2006