H01S 5/18308

Having a special structure for lateral current or light confinement

Official title: {having a special structure for lateral current or light confinement}

H01S5/18308 (Having a special structure for lateral current or light confinement) appears on 1,950 US grants and 2,184 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,950
Published applications: 2,184
Assignees: 436
Inventors: 2,309
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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H01S 5/18308: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1982	1	0
1983	0	0
1984	0	0
1985	0	0
1986	1	0
1987	6	0
1988	2	0
1989	2	0
1990	1	0
1991	11	0
1992	7	0
1993	18	0
1994	31	0
1995	19	0
1996	19	0
1997	15	0
1998	49	0
1999	44	0
2000	32	0
2001	31	17
2002	42	88
2003	86	94
2004	89	90
2005	72	132
2006	79	109
2007	61	99
2008	75	83
2009	69	84
2010	90	72
2011	87	89
2012	64	51
2013	70	47
2014	60	48
2015	51	65
2016	54	42
2017	36	57
2018	58	64
2019	71	80
2020	65	127
2021	60	126
2022	67	100
2023	59	97
2024	78	145
2025	69	94
2026	49	84

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