G02B 6/0023
Provided by one optical element, or plurality thereof, placed between the light
Official title: {provided by one optical element, or plurality thereof, placed between the light guide and the light source, or around the light source}
G02B6/0023 (Provided by one optical element, or plurality thereof, placed between the light) appears on 4,717 US grants and 5,463 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 4,717
- Published applications
- 5,463
- Assignees
- 1,195
- Inventors
- 7,555
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 58 | 72 |
| 2003 | 73 | 106 |
| 2004 | 74 | 101 |
| 2005 | 62 | 97 |
| 2006 | 72 | 171 |
| 2007 | 100 | 167 |
| 2008 | 97 | 194 |
| 2009 | 107 | 176 |
| 2010 | 133 | 175 |
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| 2012 | 127 | 190 |
| 2013 | 147 | 239 |
| 2014 | 176 | 287 |
| 2015 | 207 | 323 |
| 2016 | 226 | 310 |
| 2017 | 265 | 342 |
| 2018 | 288 | 375 |
| 2019 | 394 | 400 |
| 2020 | 390 | 340 |
| 2021 | 325 | 281 |
| 2022 | 274 | 246 |
| 2023 | 247 | 247 |
| 2024 | 246 | 199 |
| 2025 | 172 | 136 |
| 2026 | 84 | 77 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Frontlight module and display apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,360 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Waveguide manufacturing methods6 Oct 2026US 12,754,361 B2RealD Spark, LLC
- Keyboard module6 Oct 2026US 12,755,909 B2Lite-On Technology Corporation
- Ultra-thin frontlight having an optical coupling element29 Sep 2026US 12,748,250 B2reMarkable AS
- Near focus corrective ar glasses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309993 A1Vuzix Corporation
- Smart glasses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309996 A1Shenzhen Yiwen Tech Limited
- Laminated film1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299183 A1Nitto Denko Corporation
- On-Axis Holographic Sight24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287913 A1Marsupial Holdings, Inc.
- Color-selective waveguides for augmented reality/mixed reality applications17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276981 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
Most cited
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
- Light guide optical device506US 7,457,040 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2008