H01S 3/005
Optical devices external to the laser cavity, specially adapted for lasers
Official title: {Optical devices external to the laser cavity, specially adapted for lasers, e.g. for homogenisation of the beam or for manipulating laser pulses, e.g. pulse shaping (shaping laser beam for working metal or other materials B23K26/06; optical elements, systems or apparatus in general G02B)}
H01S3/005 (Optical devices external to the laser cavity, specially adapted for lasers) appears on 4,032 US grants and 4,102 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 4,032
- Published applications
- 4,102
- Assignees
- 1,448
- Inventors
- 7,429
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 26 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 23 | 0 |
| 1991 | 33 | 0 |
| 1992 | 29 | 0 |
| 1993 | 27 | 0 |
| 1994 | 34 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 34 | 0 |
| 1997 | 30 | 0 |
| 1998 | 37 | 0 |
| 1999 | 36 | 0 |
| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 11 |
| 2002 | 59 | 78 |
| 2003 | 56 | 73 |
| 2004 | 73 | 89 |
| 2005 | 56 | 143 |
| 2006 | 93 | 139 |
| 2007 | 88 | 117 |
| 2008 | 101 | 113 |
| 2009 | 109 | 146 |
| 2010 | 126 | 136 |
| 2011 | 110 | 138 |
| 2012 | 107 | 150 |
| 2013 | 134 | 181 |
| 2014 | 185 | 187 |
| 2015 | 189 | 187 |
| 2016 | 181 | 207 |
| 2017 | 217 | 207 |
| 2018 | 181 | 239 |
| 2019 | 218 | 229 |
| 2020 | 193 | 212 |
| 2021 | 162 | 205 |
| 2022 | 191 | 261 |
| 2023 | 171 | 172 |
| 2024 | 156 | 198 |
| 2025 | 168 | 177 |
| 2026 | 118 | 107 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Dry-type cleansing apparatus for wafers6 Oct 2026US 12,757,664 B2Semes Co., Ltd.
- Functionally homogenized intensity distribution for additive manufacturing or other industrial laser processing applications29 Sep 2026US 12,746,599 B2nLIGHT, Inc.
- Systems, tools and methods for well decommissioning29 Sep 2026US 12,747,646 B2Foro Energy, Inc.
- Device for amplifying a laser beam29 Sep 2026US 12,749,862 B2Thales
- Temperature Control for Coiled Gain Fiber in Fiber Amplifier8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312355 A1II-Vi Delaware, Inc.
- Method and systems for tuning coherence in systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298722 A1
- Prism pulse shaper24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287943 A1
- Optical element, wavelength detection unit, and light generation unit17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276453 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Laser apparatus, laser apparatus wavelength control method, and electronic device manufacturing method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277108 A1Gigaphoton Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of, and apparatus for, surgery of the cornea329US 6,210,401 B12001
- Resonator-enhanced optoelectronic devices and methods of making same308US 9,019,595 B2VerLASE Technologies LLC · 2015
- Ultraviolet laser apparatus and exposure apparatus using same250US 7,023,610 B2Nikon Corporation · 2006
- Modular, high energy, widely-tunable ultrafast fiber source230US 6,885,683 B1Imra America, Inc. · 2005
- Method and apparatus for performing optical imaging using frequency-domain interferometry229US 7,733,497 B2The General Hospital Corporation · 2010