H01S 3/16
Solid materials
H01S3/16 (Solid materials) appears on 3,549 US grants and 3,503 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 3,549
- Published applications
- 3,503
- Assignees
- 1,371
- Inventors
- 6,616
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 49 | 0 |
| 1993 | 53 | 0 |
| 1994 | 66 | 0 |
| 1995 | 63 | 0 |
| 1996 | 55 | 0 |
| 1997 | 48 | 0 |
| 1998 | 60 | 0 |
| 1999 | 44 | 0 |
| 2000 | 49 | 0 |
| 2001 | 66 | 22 |
| 2002 | 76 | 105 |
| 2003 | 95 | 156 |
| 2004 | 95 | 127 |
| 2005 | 114 | 182 |
| 2006 | 113 | 140 |
| 2007 | 91 | 139 |
| 2008 | 103 | 110 |
| 2009 | 106 | 131 |
| 2010 | 111 | 152 |
| 2011 | 110 | 124 |
| 2012 | 92 | 135 |
| 2013 | 115 | 136 |
| 2014 | 127 | 144 |
| 2015 | 161 | 134 |
| 2016 | 138 | 158 |
| 2017 | 158 | 172 |
| 2018 | 127 | 144 |
| 2019 | 139 | 157 |
| 2020 | 126 | 161 |
| 2021 | 101 | 149 |
| 2022 | 141 | 167 |
| 2023 | 84 | 151 |
| 2024 | 112 | 133 |
| 2025 | 103 | 105 |
| 2026 | 83 | 69 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01S 3/1601Characterised by an active ion2,789
- H01S 3/163Characterised by a crystal matrix1,299
- H01S 3/17Amorphous454
- H01S 3/1691Characterised by additives / sensitisers / promoters as further dopants185
- H01S 3/169Nanoparticles132
- H01S 3/168Using an organic dye dispersed in a solid matrix117
- H01S 3/1628Characterised by a semiconducting matrix104
- H01S 3/1685Ceramics57
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical fiber with quantum dots473US 7,054,513 B2Lambda Instruments, Inc. · 2006
- Quantum dot Laser374US 5,260,957 AThe Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · 1993
- Optical fibre with quantum dots341US 5,881,200 ABritish Telecommunications Public Ltd.Co. · 1999
- Quantum dot white and colored light emitting diodes330US 6,501,091 B1Hewlett-Packard Company · 2002
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