H01S 5/18388
Lenses
Official title: {Lenses}
H01S5/18388 (Lenses) appears on 322 US grants and 393 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 322
- Published applications
- 393
- Assignees
- 156
- Inventors
- 663
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 25 |
| 2003 | 21 | 17 |
| 2004 | 21 | 17 |
| 2005 | 8 | 22 |
| 2006 | 9 | 19 |
| 2007 | 13 | 14 |
| 2008 | 14 | 11 |
| 2009 | 12 | 6 |
| 2010 | 9 | 6 |
| 2011 | 7 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 8 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 10 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11 |
| 2019 | 17 | 16 |
| 2020 | 9 | 34 |
| 2021 | 13 | 25 |
| 2022 | 14 | 23 |
| 2023 | 17 | 40 |
| 2024 | 18 | 28 |
| 2025 | 15 | 18 |
| 2026 | 16 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- VCSEL array with small pulse delay11 Aug 2026US 12,704,602 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Integrated optoelectronic module28 Jul 2026US 12,693,726 B2Apple Inc.
- Optical module and distance measuring apparatus30 Jun 2026US 12,669,584 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Light-emitting apparatus and manufacturing method thereof23 Jun 2026US 12,665,393 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Optoelectronic semiconductor component with individually controllable contact elements, and method for producing the optoelectronic semiconductor component9 Jun 2026US 12,651,887 B2OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
- A vcsel with self-aligned microlens to improve beam divergence13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237971 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Light emitting device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221713 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Optical apparatus and method for manufacturing optical apparatus23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213490 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Vertical cavity surface-emitting laser devices16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204868 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Optoelectronic device with vcsel providing a grid pattern16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204875 A1Bandwidth10, LTD.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vertical-cavity surface emitting laser assay display system615US 5,325,386 ABandgap Technology Corporation · 1994
- Structure and method for electrical isolation of optoelectronic integrated circuits207US 6,545,335 B1Xerox Corporation · 2003
- Structure and method for planar lateral oxidation in passive devices196US 6,548,908 B2Xerox Corporation · 2003
- Unitary lens semiconductor device160US 5,633,527 ASandia Corporation · 1997
- Integrated assembly comprising vertical cavity surface-emitting laser array with Fresnel microlenses129US 5,073,041 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1991