G02B 5/003
Light absorbing elements
Official title: {Light absorbing elements}
G02B5/003 (Light absorbing elements) appears on 1,290 US grants and 1,782 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,290
- Published applications
- 1,782
- Assignees
- 632
- Inventors
- 3,646
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 8 | 17 |
| 2007 | 3 | 20 |
| 2008 | 8 | 25 |
| 2009 | 6 | 24 |
| 2010 | 18 | 37 |
| 2011 | 20 | 30 |
| 2012 | 17 | 23 |
| 2013 | 18 | 25 |
| 2014 | 28 | 29 |
| 2015 | 25 | 67 |
| 2016 | 46 | 108 |
| 2017 | 74 | 106 |
| 2018 | 75 | 125 |
| 2019 | 99 | 169 |
| 2020 | 108 | 158 |
| 2021 | 131 | 195 |
| 2022 | 104 | 179 |
| 2023 | 130 | 117 |
| 2024 | 143 | 140 |
| 2025 | 115 | 92 |
| 2026 | 74 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Laminate and light diffusion control film6 Oct 2026US 12,754,351 B2Lintec Corporation
- High-contrast pancake lens with pass-polarization absorber6 Oct 2026US 12,754,423 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Illuminable glazing unit15 Sep 2026US 12,736,741 B2Saint-Gobain Sekurit France
- Optical image capturing system15 Sep 2026US 12,736,787 B2Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
- Watch component, watch, and method for manufacturing watch component8 Sep 2026US 12,730,412 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Article and method of manufacture thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309899 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Light control film and method of manufacture thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309900 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Waveguides having integrated spacers, waveguides having edge absorbers, and methods for making the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299187 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- Liquid crystal composition, light absorption anisotropic film, laminate, and image display device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286224 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Silicon Carbide Crystalline Material24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287788 A1Wolfspeed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device having a light-absorbing mask and a method for fabricating same610US 6,741,377 B2Iridigm Display Corporation · 2004
- Optical configurations for head worn computing200US 9,316,833 B2Osterhout Group, Inc. · 2016
- Optical configurations for head worn computing195US 9,377,625 B2Osterhout Group, Inc. · 2016
- See-through computer display systems166US 9,494,800 B2Osterhout Group, Inc. · 2016
- Light control device130US 6,398,370 B13M Innovative Properties Company · 2002