G02B 5/12
Reflex reflectors
G02B5/12 (Reflex reflectors) appears on 1,809 US grants and 1,609 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,809
- Published applications
- 1,609
- Assignees
- 636
- Inventors
- 2,776
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 23 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 23 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 37 | 0 |
| 1998 | 46 | 0 |
| 1999 | 53 | 0 |
| 2000 | 51 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 22 |
| 2002 | 37 | 39 |
| 2003 | 44 | 60 |
| 2004 | 36 | 53 |
| 2005 | 37 | 47 |
| 2006 | 34 | 57 |
| 2007 | 46 | 60 |
| 2008 | 47 | 58 |
| 2009 | 37 | 63 |
| 2010 | 33 | 58 |
| 2011 | 40 | 74 |
| 2012 | 42 | 61 |
| 2013 | 59 | 60 |
| 2014 | 62 | 52 |
| 2015 | 51 | 72 |
| 2016 | 46 | 77 |
| 2017 | 78 | 90 |
| 2018 | 60 | 98 |
| 2019 | 83 | 85 |
| 2020 | 82 | 76 |
| 2021 | 47 | 86 |
| 2022 | 65 | 70 |
| 2023 | 53 | 50 |
| 2024 | 60 | 58 |
| 2025 | 44 | 48 |
| 2026 | 35 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Exterior member6 Oct 2026US 12,754,353 B2Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Meta lens and optical apparatus including the same29 Sep 2026US 12,748,244 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Special light effects system29 Sep 2026US 12,750,931 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Interactive object systems and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,734,455 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Method and system with fragmented metastructures formed with a plurality of metasurface arrays15 Sep 2026US 12,736,720 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Modulating retroreflector supporting multi-channel communication and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309902 A1Raytheon Company
- Laser marking of containers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296083 A1Krones AG
- Display system for producing wide-angle, retroreflective real images24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287803 A1Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Passive world-referenced display alignment with reflective facet lightguides10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267144 A1Google Inc.
- Retroreflective sheet, adhesive composition, and over-laminate film27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250559 A13M Innovative Properties Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shaped plastic articles having replicated microstructure surfaces502US 4,576,850 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1986
- Cellular retroreflective sheeting390US 4,025,159 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1977
- Cube-corner retroreflective articles having wide angularity in multiple viewing planes372US 4,588,258 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1986
- Backlighting system using a retroreflecting polarizer322US 5,422,756 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1995
- Ultra-flexible retroreflective cube corner composite sheetings and methods of manufacture311US 5,691,846 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1997