G02B 6/0021
For housing at least a part of the light source
Official title: {for housing at least a part of the light source, e.g. by forming holes or recesses}
G02B6/0021 (For housing at least a part of the light source) appears on 1,455 US grants and 1,673 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- 547
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 18 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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