G02B 6/2753
Characterised by their function or use, i.e. of the complete device
Official title: {characterised by their function or use, i.e. of the complete device}
G02B6/2753 (Characterised by their function or use, i.e. of the complete device) appears on 1,103 US grants and 981 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,103
- Published applications
- 981
- Assignees
- 478
- Inventors
- 1,953
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 15 |
| 2002 | 60 | 66 |
| 2003 | 67 | 106 |
| 2004 | 77 | 48 |
| 2005 | 51 | 38 |
| 2006 | 48 | 32 |
| 2007 | 37 | 21 |
| 2008 | 29 | 24 |
| 2009 | 19 | 13 |
| 2010 | 22 | 18 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 12 | 18 |
| 2013 | 17 | 24 |
| 2014 | 26 | 36 |
| 2015 | 28 | 25 |
| 2016 | 41 | 51 |
| 2017 | 58 | 67 |
| 2018 | 49 | 40 |
| 2019 | 45 | 65 |
| 2020 | 49 | 38 |
| 2021 | 49 | 41 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 |
| 2023 | 36 | 47 |
| 2024 | 34 | 37 |
| 2025 | 28 | 39 |
| 2026 | 20 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/2773Polarisation splitting or combining456
- G02B 6/2766Manipulating the plane of polarisation from one input polarisation to another output407
- G02B 6/2793Controlling polarisation dependent loss162
- G02B 6/278Controlling polarisation mode dispersion [pmd]138
- G02B 6/2786Reducing the polarisation degree, i.e. depolarisers, scramblers, unpolarised output73
- G02B 6/276Removing selected polarisation component of light, i.e. polarizers71
Recent patents
- Optical sensor chip and optical sensing system25 Aug 2026US 12,717,082 B2Silith Technology Pte. Ltd.
- Single polarization circulator25 Aug 2026US 12,717,083 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Optical coupling and mode-selective separation or superposition of optical fields25 Aug 2026US 12,717,086 B2Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- Grating coupler with high efficiency4 Aug 2026US 12,699,228 B2Apple Inc.
- Integrated photonic 2×3 coupler28 Jul 2026US 12,693,475 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Low-complexity photonic transceiver8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312689 A1HEPT Lab, Inc.
- Integrated photonic 2x3 coupler1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299208 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Bragg gratings for an augmented reality display system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299210 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- Optical circuit switch (ocs) with multiplexed structure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276897 A1II-Vi Delaware, Inc.
- A system for directing incident light onto spatial light modulator planes30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219457 A1Huber+Suhner Polatis Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Broadband light source system and method and light source combiner281US 6,570,659 B2LightLab Imaging, Inc. · 2003
- Frequency-selective optical switch employing a frequency dispersive element, polarization dispersive element and polarization modulating elements208US 5,414,540 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1995
- Method and system for generating a broadband spectral continuum and continuous wave-generating system utilizing same167US 6,381,391 B1The Regents of the University of Michigan · 2002
- Collimating optical device and system149US 8,643,948 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2014
- Micro-machine polarization-state controller134US 6,445,485 B1AT&T Corp. · 2002