G02B 6/0031
Reflecting element, sheet or layer
Official title: {Reflecting element, sheet or layer}
G02B6/0031 (Reflecting element, sheet or layer) appears on 2,181 US grants and 2,553 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 2,181
- Published applications
- 2,553
- Assignees
- 696
- Inventors
- 4,042
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 25 |
| 2002 | 35 | 43 |
| 2003 | 39 | 60 |
| 2004 | 41 | 56 |
| 2005 | 40 | 60 |
| 2006 | 47 | 87 |
| 2007 | 46 | 78 |
| 2008 | 57 | 102 |
| 2009 | 48 | 78 |
| 2010 | 71 | 79 |
| 2011 | 49 | 74 |
| 2012 | 60 | 84 |
| 2013 | 64 | 131 |
| 2014 | 85 | 154 |
| 2015 | 109 | 184 |
| 2016 | 121 | 162 |
| 2017 | 137 | 163 |
| 2018 | 136 | 155 |
| 2019 | 173 | 171 |
| 2020 | 174 | 141 |
| 2021 | 138 | 109 |
| 2022 | 111 | 107 |
| 2023 | 90 | 92 |
| 2024 | 86 | 71 |
| 2025 | 66 | 56 |
| 2026 | 36 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Light coupling element10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267051 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Compound backlight with a reflective layer3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259450 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Lighting device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251276 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Uniform illumination system488US 7,072,096 B2Digital Optics International Corporation · 2006
- Illumination system for nonemissive electronic displays322US 6,376,828 B1E Ink Corporation · 2002
- Light emitting diode based products315US 7,161,313 B2Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2007
- Light emitting panel assemblies288US 5,613,751 ALumitex, Inc. · 1997
- Quarter-wave film for brightness enhancement of holographic thin taillamp270US 5,745,266 ARaytheon Company · 1998