G02B 6/0035
Provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk
Official title: {provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it}
G02B6/0035 (Provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk) appears on 7,081 US grants and 8,554 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 7,081
- Published applications
- 8,554
- Assignees
- 1,695
- Inventors
- 11,081
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 31 | 0 |
| 1996 | 28 | 0 |
| 1997 | 35 | 0 |
| 1998 | 50 | 0 |
| 1999 | 60 | 0 |
| 2000 | 68 | 0 |
| 2001 | 69 | 70 |
| 2002 | 100 | 136 |
| 2003 | 122 | 176 |
| 2004 | 143 | 228 |
| 2005 | 118 | 230 |
| 2006 | 155 | 300 |
| 2007 | 169 | 270 |
| 2008 | 161 | 322 |
| 2009 | 163 | 323 |
| 2010 | 235 | 365 |
| 2011 | 197 | 370 |
| 2012 | 235 | 377 |
| 2013 | 299 | 364 |
| 2014 | 303 | 416 |
| 2015 | 282 | 417 |
| 2016 | 295 | 444 |
| 2017 | 354 | 482 |
| 2018 | 381 | 462 |
| 2019 | 531 | 467 |
| 2020 | 510 | 493 |
| 2021 | 444 | 439 |
| 2022 | 386 | 351 |
| 2023 | 309 | 381 |
| 2024 | 332 | 307 |
| 2025 | 256 | 242 |
| 2026 | 151 | 122 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Glass assembly, vehicle window glass and vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,607 B2Saint-Gobain Sekurit France
- Illuminable laminated glazing for a vehicle and vehicle comprising such a glazing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,609 B2Saint-Gobain Sekurit France
- Interior equipment for a motor vehicle having a lighting module with a flexible guide sheet6 Oct 2026US 12,752,700 B2Valeo Vision
- Waveguide manufacturing methods6 Oct 2026US 12,754,361 B2RealD Spark, LLC
- Substrate and method for modifying at least one region of a surface or a portion of a substrate6 Oct 2026US 12,754,371 B2Schott AG
- Maskless coating as a patterning mask for external stimuli in depositions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309907 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Backlight module for five-in-one metal substrate backlight and conductive film combined keyboard8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310306 A1Shenzhen Hui Chuang Da Technology Co., Ltd.
- Illumination device and steering device using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296306 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Compact display with extended pixel resolution1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299182 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Light guide plate and display assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299184 A1Nicrotek Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Protective cover for a lighting device1,137US 6,185,356 B2Lumitex, Inc. · 2001
- Light guide and lateral illuminator1,026US 6,836,611 B2J. W. Speaker Corporation · 2004
- 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
- Uniform illumination system488US 7,072,096 B2Digital Optics International Corporation · 2006