G02B 6/122
Basic optical elements
Official title: Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths
G02B6/122 (Basic optical elements) appears on 8,143 US grants and 8,543 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 8,143
- Published applications
- 8,543
- Assignees
- 1,936
- Inventors
- 12,274
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 95 | 0 |
| 2000 | 102 | 0 |
| 2001 | 130 | 55 |
| 2002 | 153 | 284 |
| 2003 | 201 | 417 |
| 2004 | 261 | 401 |
| 2005 | 288 | 333 |
| 2006 | 340 | 306 |
| 2007 | 267 | 244 |
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| 2021 | 351 | 389 |
| 2022 | 366 | 418 |
| 2023 | 326 | 474 |
| 2024 | 358 | 469 |
| 2025 | 356 | 404 |
| 2026 | 204 | 327 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/124Geodesic lenses or integrated gratings1,699
- G02B 6/125Bends, branchings or intersections1,641
- G02B 6/1228Tapered waveguides1,622
- G02B 6/1225Comprising photonic band-gap structures or photonic lattices1,505
- G02B 6/1221Made from organic materials894
- G02B 6/1226Involving surface plasmon interaction489
- G02B 6/1223High refractive index type, i.e. high-contrast waveguides333
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