G02B 6/13
Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method
G02B6/13 (Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method) appears on 4,132 US grants and 4,462 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 4,132
- Published applications
- 4,462
- Assignees
- 1,157
- Inventors
- 7,298
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 29 | 0 |
| 1991 | 31 | 0 |
| 1992 | 43 | 0 |
| 1993 | 42 | 0 |
| 1994 | 49 | 0 |
| 1995 | 43 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 27 | 0 |
| 1998 | 40 | 0 |
| 1999 | 40 | 0 |
| 2000 | 36 | 0 |
| 2001 | 53 | 38 |
| 2002 | 61 | 152 |
| 2003 | 115 | 236 |
| 2004 | 139 | 198 |
| 2005 | 142 | 187 |
| 2006 | 164 | 144 |
| 2007 | 138 | 120 |
| 2008 | 101 | 95 |
| 2009 | 91 | 123 |
| 2010 | 100 | 113 |
| 2011 | 83 | 108 |
| 2012 | 82 | 79 |
| 2013 | 79 | 95 |
| 2014 | 106 | 124 |
| 2015 | 130 | 165 |
| 2016 | 172 | 209 |
| 2017 | 177 | 200 |
| 2018 | 184 | 149 |
| 2019 | 208 | 217 |
| 2020 | 206 | 192 |
| 2021 | 167 | 199 |
| 2022 | 178 | 231 |
| 2023 | 181 | 273 |
| 2024 | 187 | 287 |
| 2025 | 234 | 312 |
| 2026 | 143 | 216 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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.
- Silicon-on-insulator photonic integrated circuits with integrated silicon photonic component and silicon/nitrogen photonic component6 Oct 2026US 12,754,369 B2Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Substrate and method for modifying at least one region of a surface or a portion of a substrate6 Oct 2026US 12,754,371 B2Schott AG
- Edge coupler and method of forming the same6 Oct 2026US 12,754,374 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Method of fabricating molds for forming eyepieces with integrated spacers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307347 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- 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
- Distributed bragg grating with ultralow index perturbation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309915 A1University of Rochester
- Low-loss plasmonic device and method for manufacturing the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309916 A1Polariton Technologies AG
- Gap-fill and bond film interface opening in optical applications8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309919 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Photonic mems and structures872US 6,650,455 B2Iridigm Display Corporation · 2003
- Arrays of optical confinements and uses thereof634US 7,315,019 B2Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. · 2008
- Photonic MEMS and structures616US 7,123,216 B1Idc, LLC · 2006
- Method of forming articles including waveguides via capillary micromolding and microtransfer molding512US 6,355,198 B1President and Fellows of Harvard College · 2002
- SOI methods and apparatus277US 5,514,885 A1996