G03B 2215/0564
Characterised by the type of light source
Official title: characterised by the type of light source
G03B2215/0564 (Characterised by the type of light source) appears on 567 US grants and 647 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 567
- Published applications
- 647
- Assignees
- 314
- Inventors
- 1,165
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 15 |
| 2006 | 7 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 14 |
| 2008 | 7 | 11 |
| 2009 | 14 | 16 |
| 2010 | 11 | 12 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12 |
| 2012 | 11 | 27 |
| 2013 | 21 | 26 |
| 2014 | 26 | 39 |
| 2015 | 19 | 35 |
| 2016 | 34 | 43 |
| 2017 | 27 | 39 |
| 2018 | 31 | 34 |
| 2019 | 44 | 49 |
| 2020 | 40 | 61 |
| 2021 | 48 | 46 |
| 2022 | 49 | 38 |
| 2023 | 32 | 38 |
| 2024 | 43 | 27 |
| 2025 | 27 | 30 |
| 2026 | 16 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Dynamic lens filter and illuminated filter tray assembly8 Sep 2026US 12,730,361 B1
- Variable flare mount1 Sep 2026US 12,724,326 B2
- Light emitting module and mobile device18 Aug 2026US 12,710,157 B2Nichia Corporation
- External flash and flash system18 Aug 2026US 12,710,683 B2Godox Photo Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Skin examination device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,305 B2Macquarie Medical Systems Pty Ltd
- System and method for obtaining improved underwater images in a fish farm30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222666 A1ReelData Inc.
- Light-emitting device driving module and camera module30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222667 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Low/No Glow IR Selection Implementations28 May 2026US 2026/0147256 A1Deer Management Systems, LLC
- Flash device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118737 A1Guangzhou Luxvisions Innovation Technology Limited
- Optical device26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086324 A1Guangzhou Luxvisions Innovation Technology Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illumination device123US 6,575,582 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2003
- Encodement-on-film recording apparatus utilizes flash components in a camera111US 5,619,737 AEastman Kodak Company · 1997
- Flash module with quantum dot light conversion86US 7,318,651 B2Avago Technologies ECBU IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. · 2008
- Lighting apparatus and image pickup apparatus76US 6,997,571 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2006
- Photographic camera with flash unit68US 5,202,720 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993