G02B 6/12004
Combinations of two or more optical elements
Official title: {Combinations of two or more optical elements}
G02B6/12004 (Combinations of two or more optical elements) appears on 2,798 US grants and 3,202 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 2,798
- Published applications
- 3,202
- Assignees
- 804
- Inventors
- 5,016
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 34 | 18 |
| 2002 | 38 | 62 |
| 2003 | 50 | 149 |
| 2004 | 73 | 99 |
| 2005 | 73 | 102 |
| 2006 | 115 | 60 |
| 2007 | 76 | 70 |
| 2008 | 51 | 42 |
| 2009 | 55 | 46 |
| 2010 | 41 | 56 |
| 2011 | 33 | 41 |
| 2012 | 48 | 59 |
| 2013 | 41 | 73 |
| 2014 | 59 | 73 |
| 2015 | 83 | 90 |
| 2016 | 123 | 150 |
| 2017 | 140 | 161 |
| 2018 | 137 | 151 |
| 2019 | 173 | 201 |
| 2020 | 169 | 176 |
| 2021 | 155 | 179 |
| 2022 | 155 | 204 |
| 2023 | 162 | 247 |
| 2024 | 151 | 254 |
| 2025 | 197 | 275 |
| 2026 | 114 | 164 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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