G02B 6/0011
The light guides being planar or of plate-like form
Official title: {the light guides being planar or of plate-like form}
G02B6/0011 (The light guides being planar or of plate-like form) appears on 17,211 US grants and 21,190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 17,211
- Published applications
- 21,190
- Assignees
- 3,166
- Inventors
- 23,316
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 24 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 21 | 0 |
| 1994 | 28 | 0 |
| 1995 | 45 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 59 | 0 |
| 1998 | 89 | 0 |
| 1999 | 89 | 0 |
| 2000 | 125 | 0 |
| 2001 | 120 | 97 |
| 2002 | 150 | 217 |
| 2003 | 198 | 286 |
| 2004 | 218 | 411 |
| 2005 | 229 | 459 |
| 2006 | 282 | 693 |
| 2007 | 349 | 759 |
| 2008 | 359 | 790 |
| 2009 | 412 | 752 |
| 2010 | 540 | 822 |
| 2011 | 461 | 786 |
| 2012 | 541 | 928 |
| 2013 | 702 | 1037 |
| 2014 | 799 | 1141 |
| 2015 | 798 | 1128 |
| 2016 | 839 | 1244 |
| 2017 | 975 | 1235 |
| 2018 | 1022 | 1244 |
| 2019 | 1387 | 1302 |
| 2020 | 1332 | 1257 |
| 2021 | 1100 | 1108 |
| 2022 | 1036 | 894 |
| 2023 | 813 | 878 |
| 2024 | 843 | 802 |
| 2025 | 696 | 587 |
| 2026 | 348 | 333 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/0033Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide11,630
- G02B 6/0013Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into7,193
- G02B 6/0081Mechanical or electrical aspects of the light guide and light source in5,562
- G02B 6/0066Characterised by the light source being coupled to the light guide5,304
- G02B 6/0075Arrangements of multiple light guides2,122
- G02B 6/0065Manufacturing aspects1,784
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Most cited
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
- Ergonomic head mounted display device and optical system641US 9,348,143 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2016