G02B 5/00
Optical elements other than lenses
Official title: Optical elements other than lenses (light guides G02B6/00; optical logic elements G02F3/00)
G02B5/00 (Optical elements other than lenses) appears on 40,315 US grants and 47,186 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 40,315
- Published applications
- 47,186
- Assignees
- 7,895
- Inventors
- 59,632
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 107 | 0 |
| 1977 | 78 | 0 |
| 1978 | 96 | 0 |
| 1979 | 61 | 0 |
| 1980 | 79 | 0 |
| 1981 | 80 | 0 |
| 1982 | 81 | 0 |
| 1983 | 83 | 0 |
| 1984 | 87 | 0 |
| 1985 | 102 | 0 |
| 1986 | 104 | 0 |
| 1987 | 142 | 0 |
| 1988 | 122 | 0 |
| 1989 | 187 | 0 |
| 1990 | 180 | 0 |
| 1991 | 228 | 0 |
| 1992 | 250 | 0 |
| 1993 | 293 | 0 |
| 1994 | 250 | 0 |
| 1995 | 260 | 0 |
| 1996 | 309 | 0 |
| 1997 | 346 | 0 |
| 1998 | 459 | 0 |
| 1999 | 487 | 0 |
| 2000 | 544 | 0 |
| 2001 | 551 | 236 |
| 2002 | 546 | 771 |
| 2003 | 608 | 821 |
| 2004 | 630 | 982 |
| 2005 | 633 | 1054 |
| 2006 | 717 | 1284 |
| 2007 | 664 | 1364 |
| 2008 | 681 | 1377 |
| 2009 | 679 | 1611 |
| 2010 | 922 | 1612 |
| 2011 | 984 | 1364 |
| 2012 | 1042 | 1532 |
| 2013 | 1118 | 1602 |
| 2014 | 1258 | 1884 |
| 2015 | 1381 | 2330 |
| 2016 | 1710 | 2604 |
| 2017 | 2016 | 2686 |
| 2018 | 2106 | 2683 |
| 2019 | 2538 | 2927 |
| 2020 | 2618 | 3011 |
| 2021 | 2309 | 2995 |
| 2022 | 2159 | 2837 |
| 2023 | 2037 | 2550 |
| 2024 | 2208 | 2223 |
| 2025 | 2006 | 1729 |
| 2026 | 1179 | 1117 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Light diffuser6 Oct 2026US 12,753,903 B2Signify Holding B. V.
- Light fixture including a three-bar frame solver for shutter control6 Oct 2026US 12,753,906 B2Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
- Reflection-type optical encoder scale including an inorganic layer stack pattern with specific reflectance6 Oct 2026US 12,754,044 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Volumetric, nonlocal metasurface device that maps certain incident electromagnetic waves to at least one spot on a surface of the device, and methods of manufacture6 Oct 2026US 12,754,347 B2
- Lamination film for liquid crystal polarizing membrane, surface protection film for liquid crystal polarizing membrane, laminate provided with liquid crystal polarizing membrane, and image display apparatus including liquid crystal polarizing membrane6 Oct 2026US 12,754,348 B2Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
- Cultivating methods and apparatuses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305597 A1
- Optical laminate and display apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307377 A1Nitto Denko Corporation
- Compound, coating composition and film8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308409 A1Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Display module and display device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309895 A1Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd.
- Article and method of manufacture thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309899 A13M Innovative Properties Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical filter for spectroscopic measurement and method of producing the optical filter1,209US 5,760,910 AMasimo Corporation · 1998
- Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample1,199US 5,321,501 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope1,079US 6,134,003 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Optical filter for spectroscopic measurement and method of producing the optical filter1,055US 5,940,182 AMasimo Corporation · 1999