G02B 27/34
Illuminated
Official title: illuminated
G02B27/34 (Illuminated) appears on 164 US grants and 142 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 164
- Published applications
- 142
- Assignees
- 122
- Inventors
- 336
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 11 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 11 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 |
| 2020 | 9 | 12 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 2022 | 12 | 13 |
| 2023 | 9 | 12 |
| 2024 | 13 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Aiming device with a diffractive optical element and reflective image combiner7 Apr 2026US 12,596,265 B2Marsupial Holdings, Inc.
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- Optical system with cant indication17 Feb 2026US 12,553,688 B2Sig Sauer, Inc.
- Optical system with cant indication27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251425 A1Sig Sauer, Inc.
- Permanently self-luminous sighting element27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251907 A1Smolsys AG
- Aiming Device with a Diffractive Optical Element and Reflective Image Combiner13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235887 A1Marsupial Holdings, Inc.
- Optical waveguide and optical waveguide scope21 May 2026US 2026/0140388 A1Raytron Technology Co., Ltd.
- Hologram for aiding telescope alignment26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085931 A1Arizona Optical Metrology LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical gun sight151US 4,806,007 AArmson, Inc. · 1989
- Aviation display system and method75US 9,648,313 B1Rockwell Collins, Inc. · 2017
- Microscope that displays superimposed data74US 5,557,453 ALeica Mikroskopie und Systeme GmbH · 1996
- Optical sighting device68US 4,665,622 AElbit Computers Ltd. · 1987
- Dual simultaneous image presentation for a three-dimensional aviation display65US 9,762,895 B1Rockwell Collins, Inc. · 2017