G02B 3/0043
Inhomogeneous or irregular arrays
Official title: {Inhomogeneous or irregular arrays, e.g. varying shape, size, height}
G02B3/0043 (Inhomogeneous or irregular arrays) appears on 607 US grants and 691 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 607
- Published applications
- 691
- Assignees
- 362
- Inventors
- 1,384
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 34 | 29 |
| 2026 | 17 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Metalens array and display device having same15 Sep 2026US 12,736,716 B2Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
- Metalens array and wavefront sensor system1 Sep 2026US 12,723,925 B2Shenzhen Metalenx Technology Co.,Ltd
- Image sensor and electronic apparatus including the image sensor18 Aug 2026US 12,710,568 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Micro-optic device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,744 B2CCL Secure Pty Ltd
- Slim pop-out tele camera lenses21 Jul 2026US 12,687,764 B2Corephotonics Ltd.
- Image sensor including color separating lens array and electronic apparatus including the image sensor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299173 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method for Microscopy and Light-Field Microscope10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267127 A1
- Light-Field Microscope10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267129 A1
- Optical filter and lighting device simulating the natural light of the sky and the sun comprising the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251286 A1
- Micro-optical coupler for photonic integrated circuit20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243974 A1University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for multiple camera devices and method of operating same466US 7,199,348 B2Newport Imaging Corporation · 2007
- Compact digital camera with segmented fields of view362US 6,137,535 AEastman Kodak Company · 2000
- Compact image capture device231US 6,141,048 AEastman Kodak Company · 2000
- Digital cameras with direct luminance and chrominance detection208US 7,964,835 B2Protarius Filo AG, L.L.C. · 2011
- Optical illumination system and projection apparatus comprising such a system174US 5,098,184 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1992