G02B 6/132
By deposition of thin films
Official title: by deposition of thin films
G02B6/132 (By deposition of thin films) appears on 973 US grants and 1,018 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 973
- Published applications
- 1,018
- Assignees
- 392
- Inventors
- 2,088
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 34 | 59 |
| 2025 | 48 | 55 |
| 2026 | 27 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Optical integrated device and manufacturing method of the same22 Sep 2026US 12,742,235 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Optical device, optical transmitter device, and optical receiver device18 Aug 2026US 12,710,584 B2Fujitsu Optical Components Limited
- Optical phased array, method for preparing optical phased array and phase-shifting control system18 Aug 2026US 12,710,585 B2United Microelectronics Center Co., Ltd
- Heterogeneous packaging integration of photonic and electronic elements18 Aug 2026US 12,710,606 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- 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
- Silicon nitride waveguide or photonic integrated circuit fabrication method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309920 A1Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
- Integrated photodetector with embedded semiconductor region8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310014 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Photonic waveguide24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287820 A1ORCA Computing Limited
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