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G02B 6/0056

For producing polarisation effects

Official title: {for producing polarisation effects, e.g. by a surface with polarizing properties or by an additional polarizing elements}

G02B6/0056 (For producing polarisation effects) appears on 786 US grants and 930 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 786
Published applications: 930
Assignees: 291
Inventors: 1,649
Latest grant: 22 Sep 2026

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G02B 6/0056: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1977	2	0
1978	0	0
1979	0	0
1980	1	0
1981	0	0
1982	0	0
1983	0	0
1984	0	0
1985	0	0
1986	0	0
1987	0	0
1988	0	0
1989	0	0
1990	0	0
1991	0	0
1992	0	0
1993	0	0
1994	2	0
1995	2	0
1996	2	0
1997	6	0
1998	13	0
1999	11	0
2000	22	0
2001	15	18
2002	14	18
2003	12	15
2004	16	31
2005	18	27
2006	16	39
2007	24	60
2008	27	47
2009	22	26
2010	30	29
2011	20	23
2012	19	24
2013	17	16
2014	24	35
2015	20	33
2016	30	58
2017	33	54
2018	39	74
2019	66	68
2020	60	49
2021	37	51
2022	55	54
2023	45	40
2024	38	22
2025	23	13
2026	5	6

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