G02B 6/003
Lens or lenticular sheet or layer
Official title: {Lens or lenticular sheet or layer}
G02B6/003 (Lens or lenticular sheet or layer) appears on 764 US grants and 879 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 764
- Published applications
- 879
- Assignees
- 359
- Inventors
- 1,536
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 4 |
| 2003 | 8 | 10 |
| 2004 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 7 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 28 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10 |
| 2008 | 14 | 47 |
| 2009 | 19 | 29 |
| 2010 | 18 | 28 |
| 2011 | 23 | 19 |
| 2012 | 23 | 27 |
| 2013 | 9 | 33 |
| 2014 | 26 | 46 |
| 2015 | 27 | 47 |
| 2016 | 34 | 43 |
| 2017 | 37 | 57 |
| 2018 | 51 | 81 |
| 2019 | 74 | 84 |
| 2020 | 81 | 62 |
| 2021 | 65 | 52 |
| 2022 | 51 | 44 |
| 2023 | 49 | 45 |
| 2024 | 43 | 31 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 |
| 2026 | 13 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wide-area illumination panels employing flexible printed circuits and side-emitting LEDs22 Sep 2026US 12,742,536 B2S.V.V. Technology Innovations, Inc.
- Backlight unit and display apparatus having the same1 Sep 2026US 12,724,193 B2Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
- Microlens collimator for scanning optical fiber in virtual/augmented reality system1 Sep 2026US 12,724,271 B2Magic Leap, Inc.
- Waveguide-based beacon configuration for tracking18 Aug 2026US 12,710,645 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Prisms for independent control over virtual image and world leakage angles11 Aug 2026US 12,704,728 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Polarization beam splitting apparatus, light source apparatus, display apparatus, and illumination apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267156 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Packaged light emitting diode and touch sensitive apparatus having the same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244298 A1Uniphy Limited
- Illuminated glazing element with a coated reflective structure for light coupling16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202603 A1Saint-Gobain Sekurit France
- Optical element, optical system and vehicle window pane and/or window pane laminate9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194702 A1
- Laser-Illuminated Displays with Enhanced Uniformity and/or Eye Safety7 May 2026US 2026/0126658 A1Lumus Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ergonomic head mounted display device and optical system641US 9,348,143 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2016
- Light guide optical device506US 7,457,040 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2008
- Light guide optical device489US 8,004,765 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2011
- Substrate-guided optical beam expander453US 6,829,095 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2004
- LED luminaire with electrically adjusted color balance using photodetector435US 6,495,964 B1Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2002