G02B 6/0001
Light guides: specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
Official title: {specially adapted for lighting devices or systems (lighting or signalling on vehicles using light guides B60Q1/00; lighting devices for vehicle dashboards B60Q3/10; lighting devices for vehicle interior using light guides B60Q3/62; lighting devices mounted on the vehicle rear part using light guides F21S43/235; measuring arrangements having light conducting pointers G01D13/265; illumination of liquid crystal displays G02F1/1336; illuminated signs G09F13/00)}
G02B6/0001 (Light guides: specially adapted for lighting devices or systems) appears on 21,287 US grants and 25,098 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Glass assembly, vehicle window glass and vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,607 B2Saint-Gobain Sekurit France
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- Interior equipment for a motor vehicle having a lighting module with a flexible guide sheet6 Oct 2026US 12,752,700 B2Valeo Vision
- Optical laminate, light guide element, and image display apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,356 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Optical waveguide-based side illuminating assembly, elongated reinforcing structure, and receptacle6 Oct 2026US 12,754,359 B2L.E.S.S. Ltd
- Optical fiber waveguide in an endoscopic system for hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306023 A1Cilag GmbH International
- A skin structure and a forming method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309301 A1
- Light-emitting structure, display apparatus, and control method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309906 A1Beijing Boe Display Technology Co., Ltd.
- Maskless coating as a patterning mask for external stimuli in depositions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309907 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Display structure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309989 A1Dispelix Oy
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By later US patents
- Protective cover for a lighting device1,137US 6,185,356 B2Lumitex, Inc. · 2001
- Light guide and lateral illuminator1,026US 6,836,611 B2J. W. Speaker Corporation · 2004
- Display apparatus1,024US 8,811,017 B2Sony Corporation · 2014
- Light emitting device having a nitride compound semiconductor and a phosphor containing a garnet fluorescent material1,017US 5,998,925 ANichia Kagaku Kogyo K. K. · 1999
- Bi-polar electrosurgical endoscopic instruments and methods of use870US 5,330,471 AHemostatic Surgery Corporation · 1994