G02F 1/00
Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation
Official title: Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
G02F1/00 (Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation) appears on 100,022 US grants and 106,453 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
- 100,022
- Published applications
- 106,453
- Assignees
- 9,699
- Inventors
- 97,667
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 294 | 0 |
| 1977 | 216 | 0 |
| 1978 | 225 | 0 |
| 1979 | 128 | 0 |
| 1980 | 222 | 0 |
| 1981 | 227 | 0 |
| 1982 | 150 | 0 |
| 1983 | 233 | 0 |
| 1984 | 224 | 0 |
| 1985 | 266 | 0 |
| 1986 | 239 | 0 |
| 1987 | 395 | 0 |
| 1988 | 470 | 0 |
| 1989 | 552 | 0 |
| 1990 | 539 | 0 |
| 1991 | 624 | 0 |
| 1992 | 768 | 0 |
| 1993 | 701 | 0 |
| 1994 | 763 | 0 |
| 1995 | 772 | 0 |
| 1996 | 924 | 0 |
| 1997 | 925 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1351 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1210 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1409 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1565 | 823 |
| 2002 | 1527 | 2474 |
| 2003 | 1918 | 2594 |
| 2004 | 2190 | 3138 |
| 2005 | 2039 | 3649 |
| 2006 | 2337 | 3835 |
| 2007 | 2110 | 4171 |
| 2008 | 2351 | 4103 |
| 2009 | 2714 | 4307 |
| 2010 | 3352 | 4186 |
| 2011 | 3350 | 3829 |
| 2012 | 3419 | 3988 |
| 2013 | 3430 | 4153 |
| 2014 | 3588 | 4545 |
| 2015 | 3829 | 5097 |
| 2016 | 4232 | 5675 |
| 2017 | 4691 | 5549 |
| 2018 | 4615 | 5937 |
| 2019 | 5720 | 5835 |
| 2020 | 5388 | 5312 |
| 2021 | 4572 | 5481 |
| 2022 | 4332 | 4242 |
| 2023 | 3865 | 3986 |
| 2024 | 3953 | 4243 |
| 2025 | 3361 | 3167 |
| 2026 | 1747 | 2134 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wavelength conversion member6 Oct 2026US 12,752,518 B2Nichia Corporation
- Volumetric, nonlocal metasurface device that maps certain incident electromagnetic waves to at least one spot on a surface of the device, and methods of manufacture6 Oct 2026US 12,754,347 B2
- Laser sparing architectures for multi-wavelength laser arrays6 Oct 2026US 12,754,377 B2NVIDIA Corporation
- Rapidly reversible and wavelength-tunable photochromic compositions, systems, and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,754,443 B1HRL Laboratories, LLC
- Electro-optic modulator and methods of forming the same6 Oct 2026US 12,754,444 B2Paragraf Limited
- Additive manufacturing systems and related methods utilizing risley prism beam steering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307171 A1VulcanForms Inc.
- Light modulating device and manufacturing method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307365 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Optical laminate and display apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307377 A1Nitto Denko Corporation
- Ink composition, film using the same, and electrophoretic display device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308408 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Polyamide-imide-based film, preparation method thereof, and cover window and display device comprising the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308414 A1Microworks Solutions Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods for forming liquid crystal displays including thin film transistors and gate pads having a particular structure4,059US 5,731,856 ASamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Semiconductor device having a transparent switching element3,952US 5,744,864 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1998
- Multipoint touchscreen3,397US 7,663,607 B2Apple Inc. · 2010
- Stable conjugated polymer electrochromic devices incorporating ionic liquids1,453US 6,667,825 B2Santa Fe Science and Technology, Inc. · 2003
- Electrochromic mirrors and devices1,077US 5,724,187 ADonnelly Corporation · 1998