G02B 6/382
With index-matching medium between light guides
Official title: {with index-matching medium between light guides (provisionally see G02B6/4212)}
G02B6/382 (With index-matching medium between light guides) appears on 205 US grants and 130 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 205
- Published applications
- 130
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 401
- Latest grant
- 15 Apr 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 6 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 10 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 | 7 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
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