G02B 6/3514
The reflective optical element moving along a line so as to translate
Official title: {the reflective optical element moving along a line so as to translate into and out of the beam path, i.e. across the beam path}
G02B6/3514 (The reflective optical element moving along a line so as to translate) appears on 257 US grants and 207 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Reconfigurable and scalable intergrated optic waveguide add/drop multiplexing element using micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems and methods of fabricating thereof190US 6,363,183 B12002
- Optical device or switch for controlling radiation conducted in an optical waveguide134US 4,505,539 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1985
- Wavelength selective cross-connect switch using a MEMS shutter array124US 6,535,311 B1Corning Incorporated · 2003
- Transducer for converting acoustic energy directly into optical energy107US 4,071,753 AGTE Laboratories Incorporated · 1978
- Closed loop, programmable power and communication system107US 5,033,112 ANorthern Telecom Limited · 1991