G02F 1/011
In optical waveguides, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
Official title: {in optical waveguides, not otherwise provided for in this subclass}
G02F1/011 (In optical waveguides, not otherwise provided for in this subclass) appears on 990 US grants and 966 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
- 990
- Published applications
- 966
- Assignees
- 484
- Inventors
- 2,110
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 5 |
| 2002 | 34 | 46 |
| 2003 | 41 | 61 |
| 2004 | 45 | 52 |
| 2005 | 40 | 46 |
| 2006 | 46 | 26 |
| 2007 | 28 | 14 |
| 2008 | 17 | 11 |
| 2009 | 12 | 15 |
| 2010 | 9 | 15 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10 |
| 2012 | 15 | 18 |
| 2013 | 16 | 29 |
| 2014 | 24 | 45 |
| 2015 | 43 | 33 |
| 2016 | 40 | 37 |
| 2017 | 42 | 56 |
| 2018 | 55 | 70 |
| 2019 | 64 | 52 |
| 2020 | 56 | 49 |
| 2021 | 34 | 35 |
| 2022 | 31 | 38 |
| 2023 | 28 | 42 |
| 2024 | 37 | 48 |
| 2025 | 44 | 71 |
| 2026 | 27 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Traveling-wave optical modulation device and traveling-wave optical modulator1 Sep 2026US 12,724,296 B2Wistron Corporation
- Zonal illumination with photonic circuits for displays25 Aug 2026US 12,717,181 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- HBM silicon photonic TSV architecture for lookup computing AI accelerator18 Aug 2026US 12,713,976 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Optically bridged multicomponent package with extended temperature range4 Aug 2026US 12,699,240 B2Sicily Merger Sub II, Inc.
- Configuring optical circuits for filtering optical waves8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310010 A1Analog Photonics LLC
- Optical modulator, optical transmitter, and method for controlling operating point of optical modulator1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299323 A1NEC Corporation
- Electrical interconnects for packages containing photonic integrated circuits1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305479 A1Sicily Merger Sub II, Inc.
- Method of forming electro-optical device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277032 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Thermo-optic phase shifters10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267171 A1GLOBALFOUNDRIES U. S. Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple depth plane three-dimensional display using a wave guide reflector array projector563US 9,310,559 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2016
- Switchable optical components377US 6,567,573 B1DigiLens Inc. · 2003
- Display panel with electrically-controlled waveguide-routing299US 5,544,268 ADeacon Research · 1996
- Display panel with electrically-controlled waveguide-routing291US 6,522,794 B1Gemfire Corporation · 2003
- Optical display245US 5,319,491 AContinental Typographics, Inc. · 1994