G02B 3/0037
Characterized by the distribution or form of lenses
Official title: {characterized by the distribution or form of lenses}
G02B3/0037 (Characterized by the distribution or form of lenses) appears on 4,054 US grants and 4,679 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 4,054
- Published applications
- 4,679
- Assignees
- 1,417
- Inventors
- 7,537
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 40 | 0 |
| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 62 | 24 |
| 2002 | 69 | 67 |
| 2003 | 55 | 65 |
| 2004 | 69 | 89 |
| 2005 | 52 | 118 |
| 2006 | 96 | 147 |
| 2007 | 74 | 125 |
| 2008 | 75 | 137 |
| 2009 | 84 | 145 |
| 2010 | 120 | 180 |
| 2011 | 108 | 124 |
| 2012 | 111 | 166 |
| 2013 | 107 | 158 |
| 2014 | 141 | 171 |
| 2015 | 159 | 293 |
| 2016 | 161 | 245 |
| 2017 | 193 | 249 |
| 2018 | 207 | 242 |
| 2019 | 263 | 274 |
| 2020 | 226 | 266 |
| 2021 | 229 | 318 |
| 2022 | 229 | 322 |
| 2023 | 213 | 243 |
| 2024 | 227 | 241 |
| 2025 | 205 | 161 |
| 2026 | 115 | 109 |
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.
- Metalens array and display device having same15 Sep 2026US 12,736,716 B2Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
- Systems and methods for reducing stray light in augmented reality and related applications15 Sep 2026US 12,736,813 B2NewSight Reality, 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