G02B 7/18
Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements: for prisms
Official title: for prisms; for mirrors
G02B7/18 (Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements: for prisms) appears on 3,578 US grants and 3,369 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 3,578
- Published applications
- 3,369
- Assignees
- 1,323
- Inventors
- 6,588
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 23 | 0 |
| 1977 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 20 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 26 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 29 | 0 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 |
| 1985 | 40 | 0 |
| 1986 | 43 | 0 |
| 1987 | 51 | 0 |
| 1988 | 49 | 0 |
| 1989 | 43 | 0 |
| 1990 | 54 | 0 |
| 1991 | 42 | 0 |
| 1992 | 55 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 36 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 29 | 0 |
| 1997 | 27 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 50 | 15 |
| 2002 | 50 | 47 |
| 2003 | 40 | 64 |
| 2004 | 49 | 81 |
| 2005 | 48 | 83 |
| 2006 | 82 | 89 |
| 2007 | 55 | 76 |
| 2008 | 49 | 67 |
| 2009 | 46 | 74 |
| 2010 | 59 | 82 |
| 2011 | 61 | 100 |
| 2012 | 57 | 88 |
| 2013 | 80 | 94 |
| 2014 | 95 | 131 |
| 2015 | 96 | 179 |
| 2016 | 135 | 129 |
| 2017 | 145 | 179 |
| 2018 | 139 | 167 |
| 2019 | 181 | 200 |
| 2020 | 161 | 246 |
| 2021 | 184 | 248 |
| 2022 | 191 | 264 |
| 2023 | 218 | 219 |
| 2024 | 190 | 174 |
| 2025 | 188 | 150 |
| 2026 | 107 | 123 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Process chamber with reflector6 Oct 2026US 12,754,392 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Actuator assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,747,724 B2Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- Hyper camera with shared mirror29 Sep 2026US 12,750,587 B2Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd.
- Vehicle window assembly22 Sep 2026US 12,741,513 B2AUO Corporation
- Camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309963 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Intelligent head mirror1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299247 A1Gentex Corporation
- Electronic rearview mirror device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285231 A1Tks Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Folded Optics Camera with Tilt Actuator24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287917 A1Apple Inc.
- Mems with curved mirrors and methods of manufacture17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276946 A1Calient.Ai Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spiral scanner with electronic control1,545US 6,626,834 B22003
- Spatial light modulator and method846US 5,061,049 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1991
- Spatial light modulator and method555US 5,096,279 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1992
- Linear spatial light modulator and printer423US 4,596,992 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1986
- Method for making elemental semiconductor mirror for vehicles328US 5,535,056 ADonnelly Corporation · 1996