G02B 5/0257
Creating an anisotropic diffusion characteristic, i.e. distributing output differently in two perpendicular
Official title: {creating an anisotropic diffusion characteristic, i.e. distributing output differently in two perpendicular axes}
G02B5/0257 (Creating an anisotropic diffusion characteristic, i.e. distributing output differently in two perpendicular) appears on 271 US grants and 333 published applications in this corpus.
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