G02B 7/183
Specially adapted for very large mirrors
Official title: specially adapted for very large mirrors, e.g. for astronomy, {or solar concentrators}
G02B7/183 (Specially adapted for very large mirrors) appears on 345 US grants and 324 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 8 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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