G09G 3/3473
Based on light coupled out of a light guide
Official title: {based on light coupled out of a light guide, e.g. due to scattering, by contracting the light guide with external means}
G09G3/3473 (Based on light coupled out of a light guide) appears on 99 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G09G- Granted patents
- 99
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 203
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 12 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Micromechanical optical switch and flat panel display310US 5,771,321 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1998
- Drive methods of array-type light modulation element and flat-panel display277US 6,327,071 B1Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Method and apparatus for driving device and display198US 6,690,344 B1NGK Insulators, Ltd. · 2004
- Optical switching device and image display device155US 6,438,282 B1Seiko Epson Corporation · 2002
- Light modulation element, exposure unit, and flat-panel display unit152US 6,642,913 B1Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 2003