G02B 5/09
Multifaceted or polygonal mirrors
Official title: Multifaceted or polygonal mirrors {, e.g. polygonal scanning mirrors; Fresnel mirrors}
G02B5/09 (Multifaceted or polygonal mirrors) appears on 752 US grants and 704 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 752
- Published applications
- 704
- Assignees
- 390
- Inventors
- 1,516
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 35 | 25 |
| 2025 | 26 | 21 |
| 2026 | 24 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Laser scanner15 Sep 2026US 12,736,629 B2Riegel Laser Measurement Systems, GmbH
- Light transmissive injection molded article15 Sep 2026US 12,736,719 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Lidar system with polygon mirror1 Sep 2026US 12,724,149 B2Microvision, Inc.
- Light-reflecting member and light source device25 Aug 2026US 12,717,071 B2Nichia Corporation
- LIDAR device28 Jul 2026US 12,693,385 B2Hl Klemove Corp.
- Surveying device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266607 A1Topcon Corporation
- Optically variable security element, value document and production method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249638 A1Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
- Optical element and camera module including optical element23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211217 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Laser processing apparatus and method of controlling the same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200013 A1Philenergy Co., Ltd
- Method for securing a mems micromirror unit and mems micromirror unit16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202660 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser scanning assembly having an improved scan angle-multiplication factor541US 8,408,469 B2Metrologic Instruments, Inc. · 2013
- Image display device and adjustment for alignment267US 6,631,994 B2Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 2003
- Embedded relay lens for head-up displays or the like239US 7,656,585 B1Microvision, Inc. · 2010
- Dynamic focusing apparatus for an optical imaging system using a deformable mirror147US 6,053,409 AAccu-Sort Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Multi-beam lidar system with polygon mirror142US 10,324,170 B1Luminar Technologies, Inc. · 2019