G02B 6/0013
Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into
Official title: {Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into the light guide (coupling light into light guides in general G02B6/42)}
G02B6/0013 (Means for improving the coupling-in of light from the light source into) appears on 7,193 US grants and 8,526 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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Recent patents
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- Waveguide display having phase compensation layers6 Oct 2026US 12,754,375 B1Apple Inc.
- Keyboard module6 Oct 2026US 12,755,909 B2Lite-On Technology Corporation
- Display structure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309989 A1Dispelix Oy
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- Smart glasses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309996 A1Shenzhen Yiwen Tech Limited
- Compact display with extended pixel resolution1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299182 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Laminated film1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299183 A1Nitto Denko Corporation
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By later US patents
- 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
- Light emitting device and system providing white light with various color temperatures564US 8,459,832 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2013
- Multiple depth plane three-dimensional display using a wave guide reflector array projector563US 9,310,559 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2016
- Compact head-up display521US 4,711,512 AEnvironmental Research Institute of Michigan · 1987