G02F 1/133536
Reflective polarizers
Official title: {Reflective polarizers (G02F1/13362 takes precedence)}
G02F1/133536 (Reflective polarizers) appears on 1,156 US grants and 1,192 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
- 1,156
- Published applications
- 1,192
- Assignees
- 336
- Inventors
- 2,155
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Optical display system and electronics apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,724,306 B2Goertek Inc.
- Partial reflector having stack of polymer layers for correcting color shift11 Aug 2026US 12,704,660 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Head up display with improved resistance to sunload for use in a vehicle4 Aug 2026US 12,699,266 B2N. S. International Ltd.
- Marks for angular optical filters1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299360 A1RealD Spark, LLC
- Electronic optical device for controlling light transmission and reflection24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287947 A1Alphamicron Incorporated
- Electronic device and operation method thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267147 A1Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd.
- Multi-layer coating structure to minimize phase shifts10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267150 A1Lumus Ltd.
- Reflective optical stack for privacy display3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259443 A1RealD Spark, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical film968US 5,882,774 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1999
- Optical panel capable of switching between reflective and transmissive states454US 5,686,979 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1997
- Backlighting system using a retroreflecting polarizer322US 5,422,756 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1995
- High efficiency polarized display298US 5,751,388 AHoneywell Inc. · 1998
- Process for forming reflective polarizer297US 5,965,247 A3M Innovative Properties Company · 1999