G02B 3/0006
Arrays
Official title: {Arrays (G02B3/02, G02B5/188 take precedence)}
G02B3/0006 (Arrays) appears on 5,048 US grants and 5,986 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 5,048
- Published applications
- 5,986
- Assignees
- 1,673
- Inventors
- 9,399
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 28 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 51 | 0 |
| 1998 | 45 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 0 |
| 2000 | 54 | 0 |
| 2001 | 65 | 26 |
| 2002 | 77 | 76 |
| 2003 | 68 | 77 |
| 2004 | 75 | 101 |
| 2005 | 60 | 150 |
| 2006 | 106 | 178 |
| 2007 | 86 | 162 |
| 2008 | 94 | 187 |
| 2009 | 106 | 219 |
| 2010 | 161 | 245 |
| 2011 | 149 | 177 |
| 2012 | 146 | 213 |
| 2013 | 151 | 223 |
| 2014 | 189 | 232 |
| 2015 | 204 | 369 |
| 2016 | 221 | 312 |
| 2017 | 237 | 328 |
| 2018 | 260 | 315 |
| 2019 | 336 | 344 |
| 2020 | 292 | 353 |
| 2021 | 290 | 395 |
| 2022 | 281 | 405 |
| 2023 | 263 | 295 |
| 2024 | 286 | 281 |
| 2025 | 259 | 198 |
| 2026 | 135 | 125 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Etendue-preserving Raman sampling optics6 Oct 2026US 12,754,130 B2Endress+Hauser Optical Analysis, Inc.
- Sub-surface compound microlenses6 Oct 2026US 12,754,349 B2Intel Corporation
- Optical device, image reading unit, and image forming apparatus correcting a width of a slit for reflected light29 Sep 2026US 12,750,452 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Optical apparatus, in-vehicle system, moving apparatus, manufacturing method of optical apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,736,633 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Metalens array and display device having same15 Sep 2026US 12,736,716 B2Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
- Cultivating methods and apparatuses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305597 A1
- Embedded lens structures and the methods of forming the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309896 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Imaging Lighting Lenses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309897 A1
- Image sensor including color separating lens array and electronic apparatus including the image sensor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299173 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Compact display with extended pixel resolution1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299182 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods701US 9,791,700 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Apparatus for multiple camera devices and method of operating same466US 7,199,348 B2Newport Imaging Corporation · 2007
- Capturing and processing of images using monolithic camera array with heterogeneous imagers431US 8,514,491 B2Pelican Imaging Corporation · 2013
- Compact digital camera with segmented fields of view362US 6,137,535 AEastman Kodak Company · 2000
- Lenslet array systems and methods338US 5,973,844 AProxemics · 1999