G02B 27/56
Optics using evanescent waves, i.e. inhomogeneous waves
G02B27/56 (Optics using evanescent waves, i.e. inhomogeneous waves) appears on 88 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 96
- Assignees
- 72
- Inventors
- 206
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2017 | 6 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
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| 2022 | 3 | 10 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optoelectronic chip25 Aug 2026US 12,716,843 B2Bruker Optics GmbH & Co. KG
- Microscope system with oblique illumination18 Aug 2026US 12,710,635 B2Andor Technology Limited
- Diffractive optical element comprising a metasurface for TIRF microscopy28 Oct 2025US 12,455,399 B2Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Prism coupling systems and methods employing light-blocking members27 May 2025US 12,313,480 B2Corning Incorporated
- Terahertz imaging system with evanescent-wave coupling18 Mar 2025US 12,256,133 B2Institut National D'Optique
- Evanescent field resonance imaging microscopy apparatus and method31 Oct 2024US 2024/0361240 A1The University of Melbourne
- Biocompatible optical slide intended for total internal reflection microscopy and microscopy imaging system including such a slide24 Oct 2024US 2024/0353666 A1
- Super-resolution lens-free microscopy19 Sep 2024US 2024/0310283 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Optoelectronic chip29 Feb 2024US 2024/0069317 A1Interherence GmbH
- Optoelectronic chip22 Feb 2024US 2024/0060897 A1Interherence GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated microelectromechanical polymeric photonic switch86US 5,367,585 AGeneral Electric Company · 1994
- Optical transmission apparatus with directionality and divergence control35US 7,057,151 B2Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique · 2006
- Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head including plasmon generator35US 8,077,559 B1TDK Corporation · 2011
- System and method for nucleic acids sequencing by phased synthesis22US 8,747,751 B2PLC Diagnostics, Inc. · 2014
- Laminated plasmon generator with cavity process22US 9,019,803 B1Headway Technologies, Inc. · 2015