H01S 3/1608
Erbium
Official title: {erbium}
H01S3/1608 (Erbium) appears on 981 US grants and 992 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 981
- Published applications
- 992
- Assignees
- 484
- Inventors
- 2,184
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 8 |
| 2002 | 38 | 34 |
| 2003 | 32 | 77 |
| 2004 | 38 | 46 |
| 2005 | 54 | 53 |
| 2006 | 41 | 32 |
| 2007 | 27 | 31 |
| 2008 | 40 | 33 |
| 2009 | 23 | 31 |
| 2010 | 27 | 32 |
| 2011 | 18 | 28 |
| 2012 | 22 | 25 |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 |
| 2014 | 29 | 34 |
| 2015 | 35 | 27 |
| 2016 | 37 | 46 |
| 2017 | 50 | 45 |
| 2018 | 34 | 45 |
| 2019 | 32 | 33 |
| 2020 | 34 | 40 |
| 2021 | 23 | 52 |
| 2022 | 39 | 55 |
| 2023 | 29 | 60 |
| 2024 | 28 | 42 |
| 2025 | 36 | 32 |
| 2026 | 31 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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