G02F 1/29
Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation
Official title: for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
G02F1/29 (Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation) appears on 5,410 US grants and 5,041 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
- 5,410
- Published applications
- 5,041
- Assignees
- 1,566
- Inventors
- 8,681
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 33 | 0 |
| 1977 | 29 | 0 |
| 1978 | 33 | 0 |
| 1979 | 27 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 27 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 34 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 30 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 35 | 0 |
| 1988 | 59 | 0 |
| 1989 | 62 | 0 |
| 1990 | 58 | 0 |
| 1991 | 64 | 0 |
| 1992 | 87 | 0 |
| 1993 | 47 | 0 |
| 1994 | 53 | 0 |
| 1995 | 44 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 54 | 0 |
| 1998 | 76 | 0 |
| 1999 | 70 | 0 |
| 2000 | 74 | 0 |
| 2001 | 106 | 21 |
| 2002 | 91 | 123 |
| 2003 | 107 | 162 |
| 2004 | 124 | 141 |
| 2005 | 132 | 136 |
| 2006 | 129 | 113 |
| 2007 | 86 | 103 |
| 2008 | 95 | 97 |
| 2009 | 78 | 107 |
| 2010 | 78 | 94 |
| 2011 | 71 | 95 |
| 2012 | 77 | 118 |
| 2013 | 90 | 166 |
| 2014 | 120 | 189 |
| 2015 | 159 | 279 |
| 2016 | 182 | 218 |
| 2017 | 194 | 260 |
| 2018 | 180 | 333 |
| 2019 | 313 | 352 |
| 2020 | 343 | 345 |
| 2021 | 294 | 369 |
| 2022 | 311 | 307 |
| 2023 | 286 | 276 |
| 2024 | 301 | 288 |
| 2025 | 197 | 209 |
| 2026 | 147 | 140 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02F 1/31Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching2,015
- G02F 1/294Variable focal length devices903
- G02F 1/292By controlled diffraction or phased-array beam steering901
- G02F 1/33Acousto-optical deflection devices556
- G02F 1/295Analog deflection from or in an optical waveguide structure]495
- G02F 1/291Two-dimensional analogue deflection210
- G02F 1/293By another light beam, i.e. opto-optical deflection109
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