G02B 6/0055
Reflecting element, sheet or layer
Official title: {Reflecting element, sheet or layer}
G02B6/0055 (Reflecting element, sheet or layer) appears on 3,483 US grants and 4,161 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 3,483
- Published applications
- 4,161
- Assignees
- 973
- Inventors
- 6,386
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 11 |
| 2002 | 26 | 36 |
| 2003 | 29 | 51 |
| 2004 | 35 | 59 |
| 2005 | 43 | 73 |
| 2006 | 46 | 86 |
| 2007 | 49 | 109 |
| 2008 | 39 | 105 |
| 2009 | 59 | 95 |
| 2010 | 79 | 132 |
| 2011 | 68 | 137 |
| 2012 | 75 | 125 |
| 2013 | 113 | 149 |
| 2014 | 112 | 164 |
| 2015 | 116 | 195 |
| 2016 | 144 | 308 |
| 2017 | 201 | 343 |
| 2018 | 278 | 353 |
| 2019 | 380 | 327 |
| 2020 | 331 | 292 |
| 2021 | 264 | 259 |
| 2022 | 249 | 227 |
| 2023 | 194 | 214 |
| 2024 | 208 | 155 |
| 2025 | 131 | 97 |
| 2026 | 56 | 59 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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