G06F 3/0423
Using sweeping light beams
Official title: {using sweeping light beams, e.g. using rotating or vibrating mirror}
G06F3/0423 (Using sweeping light beams) appears on 175 US grants and 181 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 175
- Published applications
- 181
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 329
- Latest grant
- 9 Jan 2024
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 13 |
| 2011 | 1 | 12 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13 |
| 2013 | 9 | 10 |
| 2014 | 15 | 19 |
| 2015 | 6 | 18 |
| 2016 | 16 | 9 |
| 2017 | 10 | 12 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7 |
| 2019 | 9 | 7 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
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