G02B 5/189
Structurally combined with optical elements not having diffractive power
Official title: {Structurally combined with optical elements not having diffractive power}
G02B5/189 (Structurally combined with optical elements not having diffractive power) appears on 346 US grants and 330 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 346
- Published applications
- 330
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 540
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 5 | 12 |
| 2003 | 3 | 11 |
| 2004 | 15 | 8 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 |
| 2007 | 7 | 17 |
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| 2009 | 11 | 20 |
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| 2021 | 9 | 13 |
| 2022 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 | 14 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Imaging optical system and image pickup apparatus having the same6 Oct 2026US 12,754,399 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Lenses having multi-ring design for vision treatment10 Feb 2026US 12,544,218 B2AMO Groningen B. V.
- Projector including meta-lens20 Jan 2026US 12,529,826 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Metalens-integrated optical engine9 Sep 2025US 12,411,350 B2Wuyun Co., Inc.
- Camera apparatus and electronic device12 Aug 2025US 12,389,099 B2Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Guided Munition and Optical Assembly with an Annular Folded Optic having an Interface with a Deployable Segment2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185804 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Large field of view curved lightguide with compact incoupler7 May 2026US 2026/0126654 A1Google Inc.
- Optical products, masters for fabricating optical products, and methods for manufacturing masters and optical products29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029661 A1Wavefront Technology, Inc.
- Arrays of integrated analytical devices and methods for production25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389888 A1Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
- Multipath optical device25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389954 A1Snap Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical element employing aspherical and binary grating optical surfaces427US 5,044,706 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1991
- Multifocal diffractive ophthalmic lenses326US 5,229,797 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1993
- Multifocal ophthalmic lens313US 5,225,858 A1993
- Multifocal zone plate294US 4,210,391 A1980
- Phase shift multifocal zone plate268US 4,340,283 A1982