G03B 21/008
Using micromirror devices
Official title: {using micromirror devices}
G03B21/008 (Using micromirror devices) appears on 590 US grants and 752 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 590
- Published applications
- 752
- Assignees
- 251
- Inventors
- 1,038
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 7 | 21 |
| 2007 | 10 | 29 |
| 2008 | 12 | 20 |
| 2009 | 15 | 24 |
| 2010 | 14 | 13 |
| 2011 | 21 | 19 |
| 2012 | 10 | 13 |
| 2013 | 8 | 20 |
| 2014 | 16 | 22 |
| 2015 | 18 | 31 |
| 2016 | 25 | 37 |
| 2017 | 37 | 55 |
| 2018 | 58 | 77 |
| 2019 | 63 | 80 |
| 2020 | 69 | 60 |
| 2021 | 50 | 59 |
| 2022 | 46 | 45 |
| 2023 | 30 | 40 |
| 2024 | 36 | 19 |
| 2025 | 13 | 21 |
| 2026 | 18 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser illuminated image projection system and method of using same103US 5,704,700 AProxima Corporation · 1998
- Compact interactive tabletop with projection-vision86US 7,599,561 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2009
- Image projector and image correction method80US 6,670,603 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2003
- Image projector with flexible reflective analog modulator80US 7,835,056 B2Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by Institut National d'Optique · 2010
- Laser despeckler based on angular diversity66US 10,185,154 B2DigiLens Inc. · 2019