G02B 6/004
Scattering dots or dot-like elements
Official title: {Scattering dots or dot-like elements, e.g. microbeads, scattering particles, nanoparticles}
G02B6/004 (Scattering dots or dot-like elements) appears on 1,697 US grants and 2,073 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,697
- Published applications
- 2,073
- Assignees
- 665
- Inventors
- 3,590
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 14 |
| 2002 | 25 | 24 |
| 2003 | 19 | 38 |
| 2004 | 33 | 68 |
| 2005 | 26 | 68 |
| 2006 | 39 | 74 |
| 2007 | 43 | 62 |
| 2008 | 51 | 87 |
| 2009 | 45 | 82 |
| 2010 | 52 | 83 |
| 2011 | 55 | 100 |
| 2012 | 56 | 111 |
| 2013 | 73 | 101 |
| 2014 | 75 | 102 |
| 2015 | 69 | 87 |
| 2016 | 69 | 131 |
| 2017 | 85 | 131 |
| 2018 | 109 | 102 |
| 2019 | 144 | 118 |
| 2020 | 108 | 120 |
| 2021 | 92 | 88 |
| 2022 | 86 | 74 |
| 2023 | 67 | 72 |
| 2024 | 69 | 63 |
| 2025 | 48 | 50 |
| 2026 | 34 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Illuminated panel for automotive applications29 Sep 2026US 12,748,251 B2Hella Saturnus Slovenija d.o.o.
- Light source module and electrophoretic display device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,333 B2E Ink Holdings Inc.
- Method of making waveguide illumination panels with alternating density extraction patterns for image display22 Sep 2026US 12,742,921 B2S.V.V. Technology Innovations, 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.
- Track lighting system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287133 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Vehicle lamp17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276169 A1Nichia Corporation
- Display device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251836 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Composite Optical Film6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227562 A1Ubright Optronics Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Light guide and lateral illuminator1,026US 6,836,611 B2J. W. Speaker Corporation · 2004
- Uniform illumination system488US 7,072,096 B2Digital Optics International Corporation · 2006
- Light emitting diode based products315US 7,161,313 B2Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2007
- Multi-plane optical apparatus310US 7,573,640 B2Mirage Innovations Ltd. · 2009
- Light emitting panel assemblies288US 5,613,751 ALumitex, Inc. · 1997