G02B 6/352
The reflective optical element having a shaped reflective surface
Official title: {the reflective optical element having a shaped reflective surface, e.g. a reflective element comprising several reflective surfaces or facets that function together}
G02B6/352 (The reflective optical element having a shaped reflective surface) appears on 233 US grants and 176 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 176
- Assignees
- 142
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- Latest grant
- 7 May 2024
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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
- Optical attenuator129US 6,351,329 B1Agere Systems Guardian Corp. · 2002
- Transducer for converting acoustic energy directly into optical energy107US 4,071,753 AGTE Laboratories Incorporated · 1978
- Optical interconnection networks106US 4,859,012 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1989
- Optical switching apparatus for use in an optical communication system86US 6,094,293 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Lightpipe network with optical devices for distributing electromagnetic radiation83US 4,496,211 A1985