G02B 27/30
Collimators
G02B27/30 (Collimators) appears on 1,588 US grants and 1,887 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,588
- Published applications
- 1,887
- Assignees
- 879
- Inventors
- 3,632
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 9 |
| 2004 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 16 |
| 2007 | 10 | 16 |
| 2008 | 11 | 14 |
| 2009 | 11 | 15 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 |
| 2011 | 15 | 21 |
| 2012 | 16 | 19 |
| 2013 | 14 | 22 |
| 2014 | 19 | 27 |
| 2015 | 23 | 70 |
| 2016 | 50 | 97 |
| 2017 | 67 | 139 |
| 2018 | 103 | 155 |
| 2019 | 174 | 204 |
| 2020 | 169 | 208 |
| 2021 | 165 | 199 |
| 2022 | 153 | 212 |
| 2023 | 163 | 162 |
| 2024 | 147 | 114 |
| 2025 | 114 | 86 |
| 2026 | 67 | 53 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Etendue-preserving Raman sampling optics6 Oct 2026US 12,754,130 B2Endress+Hauser Optical Analysis, Inc.
- Projection system with collimating scanning mirror6 Oct 2026US 12,754,429 B2Magic Leap, Inc.
- Dry-type cleansing apparatus for wafers6 Oct 2026US 12,757,664 B2Semes Co., Ltd.
- Optical system for sample processing instrument and sample processing instrument29 Sep 2026US 12,748,035 B2Beckman Coulter Biotechnology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Techniques for providing combined signal to multi-mode waveguide photodetector29 Sep 2026US 12,748,193 B2Aeva, Inc.
- Lighting arrangement comprising a light collimating optical element and array of light emitting diodes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310003 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Methods and systems for three-dimensional lightsheet imaging1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299271 A1Countable Labs, Inc.
- Collimator block, collimation assembly, and laser1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299312 A1Optics Valley Laboratory
- Structured light autocollimator24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287339 A1Fringe Metrology LLC
- X-ray detection device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287767 A1KETEK GmbH Halbleiter- und Reinraumtechnik
Most cited
By later US patents
- Efficient collimation of light with optical wedge331US 7,970,246 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2011
- Optical collimating device employing cholesteric liquid crystal and a non-transmissive reflector293US 5,408,346 AKaiser Electro-Optics, Inc. · 1995
- Scanning collimation of light via flat panel lamp202US 8,354,806 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2013
- Non-invasive medical monitoring device for blood analyte measurements195US 11,832,940 B2Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. · 2023
- Efficient collimation of light with optical wedge193US 8,189,973 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2012