G02B 27/58
Optics for apodization or superresolution
Official title: Optics for apodization or superresolution; Optical synthetic aperture systems
G02B27/58 (Optics for apodization or superresolution) appears on 665 US grants and 715 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 665
- Published applications
- 715
- Assignees
- 425
- Inventors
- 1,455
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2022 | 37 | 36 |
| 2023 | 31 | 37 |
| 2024 | 32 | 25 |
| 2025 | 22 | 23 |
| 2026 | 12 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Managing adaptive measurement for high-resolution measurement29 Sep 2026US 12,748,296 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Field-of-view stitching system and method, biological sample identification device and method28 Jul 2026US 12,693,544 B2MGI Tech Co., Ltd.
- Sensing system and method21 Jul 2026US 12,689,742 B2ams-OSRAM Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
- Optically sparse primary aperture for high spatial resolution imaging2 Jun 2026US 12,645,093 B2Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Optical system for reducing disturbing optical effects and for correcting vison defects28 Apr 2026US 12,613,399 B2Carl Zeiss AG
- Method and apparatus for realizing ultra-high-speed structured illumination microscopy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299274 A1Zhejiang University
- Device for locating an individual particle in a sample and associated method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276521 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Optical storage medium and super-resolution information read-write method and apparatus based on the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279443 A1Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Imaging system with photon reallocation6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227614 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- System for use in structured illumination microscopy6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227618 A1University of Strathclyde
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apodizing filter system useful for reducing spot size in optical measurements and other applications276US 5,859,424 AKLA-Tencor Corporation · 1999
- Image-forming method and image-forming apparatus229US 6,239,909 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Imaging system and method for providing extended depth of focus, range extraction and super resolved imaging225US 7,646,549 B2Xceed Imaging Ltd. · 2010
- Optical method and system for extended depth of focus222US 7,061,693 B2Xceed Imaging Ltd. · 2006
- Optical method and system for extended depth of focus144US 7,365,917 B2Xceed Imaging Ltd. · 2008