G02B 6/3512
The optical element being reflective
Official title: {the optical element being reflective, e.g. mirror}
G02B6/3512 (The optical element being reflective) appears on 1,761 US grants and 1,553 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,761
- Published applications
- 1,553
- Assignees
- 619
- Inventors
- 2,681
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 60 | 29 |
| 2002 | 114 | 235 |
| 2003 | 182 | 234 |
| 2004 | 214 | 160 |
| 2005 | 154 | 116 |
| 2006 | 129 | 86 |
| 2007 | 87 | 70 |
| 2008 | 77 | 42 |
| 2009 | 48 | 49 |
| 2010 | 44 | 36 |
| 2011 | 23 | 25 |
| 2012 | 37 | 29 |
| 2013 | 21 | 32 |
| 2014 | 35 | 26 |
| 2015 | 36 | 39 |
| 2016 | 40 | 36 |
| 2017 | 30 | 41 |
| 2018 | 32 | 38 |
| 2019 | 37 | 21 |
| 2020 | 36 | 54 |
| 2021 | 30 | 32 |
| 2022 | 34 | 25 |
| 2023 | 26 | 32 |
| 2024 | 22 | 23 |
| 2025 | 14 | 20 |
| 2026 | 6 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/3518The reflective optical element being an intrinsic part of a mems device529
- G02B 6/3514The reflective optical element moving along a line so as to translate257
- G02B 6/352The reflective optical element having a shaped reflective surface233
- G02B 6/3516The reflective optical element moving along the beam path135
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