G02F 2203/18
Adaptive optics
Official title: adaptive optics, e.g. wavefront correction
G02F2203/18 (Adaptive optics) appears on 199 US grants and 211 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
- 199
- Published applications
- 211
- Assignees
- 138
- Inventors
- 407
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2006 | 13 | 10 |
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| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 8 | 7 |
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| 2014 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 3 | 9 |
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| 2017 | 9 | 12 |
| 2018 | 11 | 10 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for and method of projecting augmentation imagery in a head-mounted display11 Aug 2026US 12,704,729 B2Augmenteum, Inc.
- Wavefront control device and adaptive optics device4 Aug 2026US 12,699,301 B2The University of Electro-Communications
- Control device of illumination device21 Apr 2026US 12,607,325 B2Japan Display Inc.
- Adaptive polarization filter grids10 Mar 2026US 12,572,034 B2
- Aberration correction of optical phased arrays6 Jan 2026US 12,517,351 B2Analog Photonics LLC
- Aberration correction of optical phased arrays28 May 2026US 2026/0147204 A1Analog Photonics LLC
- Control device for illumination device, and illumination system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009522 A1Japan Display Inc.
- System for and method of projecting augmentation imagery in a head-mounted display11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377544 A1Augmenteum, Inc.
- Programmable freeform optics for head-up display system27 Nov 2025US 2025/0362490 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Using electrically-conductive adhesive material for providing connections to electrodes13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347961 A1Pixieray Oy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microscope with tunable acoustic gradient index of refraction lens enabling multiple focal plan imaging215US 9,213,175 B22015
- Fiber optic laser system and associated lasing method177US 5,694,408 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1997
- Method of manufacturing an electro-active lens145US 6,986,579 B2E-Vision, LLC · 2006
- Liquid crystal adaptive lens with closed-loop electrodes and related fabrication methods and control methods102US 6,778,246 B2University of Alabama in Huntsville · 2004
- Method and apparatus for aligning a photo-tunable microlens98US 6,665,127 B2Lucent Technologies Inc. · 2003