G02B 6/10
Light guides: of the optical waveguide type
Official title: of the optical waveguide type (G02B6/02, G02B6/24 take precedence; devices or arrangements for the control of light by electric, magnetic, electro-magnetic or acoustic means G02F1/00; transferring the modulation of modulated light G02F2/00; optical logic elements G02F3/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F7/00)
G02B6/10 (Light guides: of the optical waveguide type) appears on 16,729 US grants and 16,776 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 16,729
- Published applications
- 16,776
- Assignees
- 3,314
- Inventors
- 22,525
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 29 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 30 | 0 |
| 1979 | 21 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 233 | 0 |
| 2001 | 311 | 131 |
| 2002 | 399 | 675 |
| 2003 | 508 | 868 |
| 2004 | 589 | 816 |
| 2005 | 589 | 699 |
| 2006 | 681 | 609 |
| 2007 | 580 | 484 |
| 2008 | 511 | 478 |
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| 2017 | 655 | 711 |
| 2018 | 650 | 729 |
| 2019 | 786 | 815 |
| 2020 | 761 | 787 |
| 2021 | 687 | 798 |
| 2022 | 713 | 829 |
| 2023 | 667 | 898 |
| 2024 | 661 | 902 |
| 2025 | 677 | 843 |
| 2026 | 410 | 591 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Technologies for optical demultiplexing with backwards compatibility6 Oct 2026US 12,754,364 B2Intel Corporation
- Optical waveguide production method and optical waveguide6 Oct 2026US 12,754,365 B2Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Photonic structures with one or more notched side edges6 Oct 2026US 12,754,366 B2GLOBALFOUNDRIES U. S. Inc.
- Technologies for signal amplification for a photonic integrated circuit6 Oct 2026US 12,754,367 B2Intel Corporation
- Semiconductor structure and method for measuring the optical die6 Oct 2026US 12,754,368 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Method of fabricating molds for forming eyepieces with integrated spacers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307347 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- Semiconductor devices with photonic interconnect platforms that include multiple photonic integrated circuits8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309910 A1
- Waveguide turning mirror with transverse extension8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309911 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Wiring substrate8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309912 A1Ibiden Co., Ltd.
- Low refractive index resin composition for tpp nano 3d printing and photonic wire bonding method using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309913 A1Luvantix Adm., Co. Ltd
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- Interferometric modulation of radiation1,041US 6,674,562 B1Iridigm Display Corporation · 2004
- Photonic mems and structures872US 6,650,455 B2Iridigm Display Corporation · 2003
- Interferometric modulation of radiation856US 6,680,792 B2Iridigm Display Corporation · 2004
- Spatial light modulator and method846US 5,061,049 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1991