H01S 5/18344
Characterized by the mesa
Official title: {characterized by the mesa, e.g. dimensions or shape of the mesa}
H01S5/18344 (Characterized by the mesa) appears on 554 US grants and 704 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 554
- Published applications
- 704
- Assignees
- 199
- Inventors
- 1,031
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 25 |
| 2003 | 13 | 14 |
| 2004 | 16 | 15 |
| 2005 | 12 | 33 |
| 2006 | 11 | 13 |
| 2007 | 12 | 15 |
| 2008 | 16 | 10 |
| 2009 | 12 | 13 |
| 2010 | 13 | 22 |
| 2011 | 23 | 37 |
| 2012 | 14 | 19 |
| 2013 | 29 | 12 |
| 2014 | 22 | 15 |
| 2015 | 16 | 26 |
| 2016 | 19 | 16 |
| 2017 | 13 | 10 |
| 2018 | 14 | 24 |
| 2019 | 20 | 35 |
| 2020 | 27 | 58 |
| 2021 | 31 | 59 |
| 2022 | 32 | 62 |
| 2023 | 27 | 42 |
| 2024 | 35 | 56 |
| 2025 | 29 | 43 |
| 2026 | 23 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Photonic crystal surface light-emitting laser element6 Oct 2026US 12,756,157 B2Kyoto University
- Plated trench for parasitic capacitance control of vertical cavity surface emitting laser devices29 Sep 2026US 12,749,870 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Light emitting device25 Aug 2026US 12,719,231 B2Nichia Corporation
- Light emitting device25 Aug 2026US 12,719,236 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- VCSEL array with small pulse delay11 Aug 2026US 12,704,602 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Surface-emitting element1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302729 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Heat management of semiconductor devices using substantially two-dimensional materials17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280227 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Oxide aperture shaping in vertical cavity surface-emitting laser10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269569 A1II-Vi Delaware, Inc.
- Surface-emitting element20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246234 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Vertical cavity light-emitting element20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246236 A1Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Light-emitting semiconductor device462US 5,696,389 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1997
- Polarized surface-emitting laser358US 5,331,654 APhotonics Research Incorporated · 1994
- Vertical cavity surface emitting laser138US 6,356,573 B1Mitel Semiconductor Limited · 2002
- VCSELs (vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers) and VCSEL-based devices89US 5,778,018 ANEC Corporation · 1998
- Top emitting VCSEL with etch stop layer83US 5,293,392 AMotorola, Inc. · 1994