G02F 1/1677
Structural association of cells with optical devices
Official title: Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. reflectors or illuminating devices
G02F1/1677 (Structural association of cells with optical devices) appears on 504 US grants and 671 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
- 504
- Published applications
- 671
- Assignees
- 180
- Inventors
- 1,196
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 25 | 50 |
| 2026 | 34 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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