H01S 3/108

Using non-linear optical devices

Official title: using non-linear optical devices, e.g. exhibiting Brillouin or Raman scattering {(mode locking using a non-linear element H01S3/1112)}

H01S3/108 (Using non-linear optical devices) appears on 1,341 US grants and 1,114 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,341
Published applications: 1,114
Assignees: 569
Inventors: 2,337
Latest grant: 29 Sep 2026

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H01S 3/108: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	4	0
1977	3	0
1978	2	0
1979	1	0
1980	3	0
1981	1	0
1982	2	0
1983	3	0
1984	1	0
1985	2	0
1986	4	0
1987	12	0
1988	11	0
1989	15	0
1990	17	0
1991	15	0
1992	25	0
1993	40	0
1994	38	0
1995	42	0
1996	38	0
1997	37	0
1998	33	0
1999	42	0
2000	30	0
2001	29	8
2002	21	44
2003	38	28
2004	40	43
2005	24	54
2006	32	77
2007	36	72
2008	44	66
2009	59	60
2010	65	58
2011	45	51
2012	35	46
2013	39	46
2014	34	37
2015	46	47
2016	44	50
2017	47	44
2018	31	30
2019	41	43
2020	25	30
2021	27	28
2022	28	34
2023	18	29
2024	21	42
2025	33	27
2026	18	20

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