G02B 6/4204
The coupling comprising intermediate optical elements
Official title: {the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms (encapsulated active devices H01S5/02208)}
G02B6/4204 (The coupling comprising intermediate optical elements) appears on 8,683 US grants and 8,906 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 8,683
- Published applications
- 8,906
- Assignees
- 2,200
- Inventors
- 13,808
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 209 | 380 |
| 2003 | 256 | 409 |
| 2004 | 304 | 435 |
| 2005 | 319 | 388 |
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| 2023 | 310 | 437 |
| 2024 | 354 | 418 |
| 2025 | 306 | 508 |
| 2026 | 213 | 331 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/4214The intermediate optical element having redirecting reflective means3,571
- G02B 6/4206Optical features2,213
- G02B 6/4215The intermediate optical elements being wavelength selective optical elements1,166
- G02B 6/421The intermediate optical component consisting of a short length of fibre861
- G02B 6/4207With optical elements reducing the sensitivity to optical feedback783
- G02B 6/4212The intermediate optical element being a coupling medium interposed therebetween452
- G02B 6/4213The intermediate optical elements being polarisation selective optical elements194
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Optoelectronic component with encapsulant486US 7,208,725 B2Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC · 2007
- Optoelectronic component comprising an encapsulant486US 7,781,727 B2Nuvotronics, LLC · 2010
- Wafer-level optoelectronic device substrate484US 7,288,758 B2Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC · 2007
- Optoelectronic component with flip-chip mounted optoelectronic device484US 8,049,161 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2011
- LED collimation optics with improved performance and reduced size332US 6,547,423 B2Koninklijke Phillips Electronics N.V. · 2003