G02F 1/133617
Illumination with ultraviolet light
Official title: {Illumination with ultraviolet light; Luminescent elements or materials associated to the cell}
G02F1/133617 (Illumination with ultraviolet light) appears on 1,166 US grants and 1,388 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
- 1,166
- Published applications
- 1,388
- Assignees
- 316
- Inventors
- 2,330
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2001 | 11 | 8 |
| 2002 | 3 | 12 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9 |
| 2004 | 8 | 13 |
| 2005 | 8 | 9 |
| 2006 | 13 | 30 |
| 2007 | 7 | 22 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18 |
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| 2010 | 14 | 25 |
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| 2014 | 23 | 39 |
| 2015 | 19 | 55 |
| 2016 | 37 | 72 |
| 2017 | 62 | 124 |
| 2018 | 90 | 163 |
| 2019 | 113 | 174 |
| 2020 | 159 | 162 |
| 2021 | 134 | 107 |
| 2022 | 105 | 89 |
| 2023 | 86 | 77 |
| 2024 | 74 | 49 |
| 2025 | 47 | 32 |
| 2026 | 15 | 20 |
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