G02B 6/0065
Manufacturing aspects
Official title: {Manufacturing aspects; Material aspects}
G02B6/0065 (Manufacturing aspects) appears on 1,784 US grants and 2,322 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,784
- Published applications
- 2,322
- Assignees
- 699
- Inventors
- 4,316
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2021 | 129 | 126 |
| 2022 | 136 | 110 |
| 2023 | 99 | 109 |
| 2024 | 92 | 103 |
| 2025 | 71 | 86 |
| 2026 | 37 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Waveguide manufacturing methods6 Oct 2026US 12,754,361 B2RealD Spark, LLC
- Ultra-thin frontlight having an optical coupling element29 Sep 2026US 12,748,250 B2reMarkable AS
- Illuminated panel for automotive applications29 Sep 2026US 12,748,251 B2Hella Saturnus Slovenija d.o.o.
- Wide-area illumination panels employing flexible printed circuits and side-emitting LEDs22 Sep 2026US 12,742,536 B2S.V.V. Technology Innovations, 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.
- Maskless coating as a patterning mask for external stimuli in depositions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309907 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Semiconductor structure1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299197 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Color-selective waveguides for augmented reality/mixed reality applications17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276981 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- Light guide body17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277002 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Optical waveguide with metagrating out-coupler10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267052 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of manufacturing an optical composite260US 7,991,257 B1Fusion Optix, Inc. · 2011
- Illumination device for simulation of neon lighting249US 6,592,238 B2Light Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Light redirecting films and film systems236US 6,752,505 B2Solid State Opto Limited · 2004
- Optical waveguide display system234US 5,009,483 A1991
- Waveguide hologram illuminators222US 5,515,184 AUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville · 1996