H01S 5/18338
Non-circular shape of the structure
Official title: {Non-circular shape of the structure}
H01S5/18338 (Non-circular shape of the structure) appears on 146 US grants and 177 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 146
- Published applications
- 177
- Assignees
- 72
- Inventors
- 306
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 7 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 15 |
| 2006 | 12 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 10 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 |
| 2015 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 13 |
| 2025 | 4 | 16 |
| 2026 | 3 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Polarized surface-emitting laser358US 5,331,654 APhotonics Research Incorporated · 1994
- Structure and method for planar lateral oxidation in passive devices196US 6,548,908 B2Xerox Corporation · 2003
- Highly compact vertical cavity surface emitting lasers114US 5,978,408 AXerox Corporation · 1999
- Transverse mode and polarization control of surface emitting lasers through the formation of a dielectric stack96US 6,885,690 B2Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. · 2005
- VCSELs (vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers) and VCSEL-based devices89US 5,778,018 ANEC Corporation · 1998