H01S 5/4081
Near-or far field control
Official title: {Near-or far field control}
H01S5/4081 (Near-or far field control) appears on 73 US grants and 62 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 73
- Published applications
- 62
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 179
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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