G08B 5/36
Using visible light sources
Official title: using visible light sources
G08B5/36 (Using visible light sources) appears on 2,865 US grants and 3,282 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G08B- Granted patents
- 2,865
- Published applications
- 3,282
- Assignees
- 1,350
- Inventors
- 5,654
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 3 |
| 2002 | 15 | 14 |
| 2003 | 11 | 20 |
| 2004 | 18 | 32 |
| 2005 | 21 | 33 |
| 2006 | 25 | 42 |
| 2007 | 18 | 40 |
| 2008 | 22 | 30 |
| 2009 | 15 | 31 |
| 2010 | 20 | 39 |
| 2011 | 18 | 34 |
| 2012 | 29 | 54 |
| 2013 | 33 | 65 |
| 2014 | 64 | 124 |
| 2015 | 81 | 190 |
| 2016 | 141 | 271 |
| 2017 | 243 | 269 |
| 2018 | 255 | 269 |
| 2019 | 267 | 295 |
| 2020 | 284 | 290 |
| 2021 | 228 | 262 |
| 2022 | 216 | 234 |
| 2023 | 181 | 183 |
| 2024 | 197 | 179 |
| 2025 | 188 | 192 |
| 2026 | 86 | 87 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Network-connected containers having medication stored therein6 Oct 2026US 12,751,901 B1Verily Health Inc.
- Device for displaying in response to a sensed motion6 Oct 2026US 12,756,232 B2May Patents Ltd.
- Near-field communication enabled luggage item stowage bins29 Sep 2026US 12,750,091 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Secure communication for commissioning and decommissioning circuit breakers and panel system29 Sep 2026US 12,750,674 B2Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Circuit, method, and oximeter for indicating power supply by applying double-color light-emitting diode22 Sep 2026US 12,744,400 B2Guangdong Genial Technology Co., Ltd.
- Power tool8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309756 A1
- Optimized individualized prebiotic compositions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311575 A1ISOThrive Inc.
- Flexible Smart Sensor Decal with Integrated Wireless Communication and Energy Harvesting1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298859 A1
- Personal signaling device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301550 A1S&S Precision, LLC
- Intelligent care device and system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301937 A1Coplus Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medicament dispensing device with a display indicative of the state of an internal medicament reservoir1,620US 7,331,340 B2IVAX Corporation · 2008
- Apparatus and method for measuring biologic parameters1,280US 7,187,960 B22007
- Light-emitting diode display481US 4,298,869 AZaidan Hojin Handotai Kenkyu Shinkokai · 1981
- De-escalation of alarm priorities in medical devices381US 5,920,263 AOhmeda Inc. · 1999
- Safety indicator lights for hydraulic fracturing pumps272US 9,650,871 B2U.S. Well Services, LLC · 2017