G02B 27/285
Comprising arrays of elements
Official title: {comprising arrays of elements, e.g. microprisms}
G02B27/285 (Comprising arrays of elements) appears on 421 US grants and 423 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Polarizing wavelength separator191US 5,221,982 A1993
- Unabsorbing type polarizer, method for manufacturing the same, polarized light source using the same, and apparatus for liquid crystal display using the same156US 5,157,526 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1992
- Parallax barrier, display, passive polarization modulating optical element and method of making such an element154US 6,437,915 B1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002