H01S 5/42
Arrays of surface emitting lasers
H01S5/42 (Arrays of surface emitting lasers) appears on 1,816 US grants and 2,062 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 1,816
- Published applications
- 2,062
- Assignees
- 588
- Inventors
- 3,093
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 23 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 34 | 13 |
| 2002 | 32 | 49 |
| 2003 | 52 | 59 |
| 2004 | 66 | 56 |
| 2005 | 47 | 64 |
| 2006 | 43 | 44 |
| 2007 | 25 | 34 |
| 2008 | 40 | 39 |
| 2009 | 27 | 46 |
| 2010 | 38 | 45 |
| 2011 | 43 | 52 |
| 2012 | 38 | 38 |
| 2013 | 45 | 54 |
| 2014 | 52 | 45 |
| 2015 | 47 | 55 |
| 2016 | 38 | 66 |
| 2017 | 61 | 72 |
| 2018 | 65 | 93 |
| 2019 | 94 | 132 |
| 2020 | 118 | 170 |
| 2021 | 87 | 161 |
| 2022 | 86 | 157 |
| 2023 | 99 | 160 |
| 2024 | 131 | 150 |
| 2025 | 98 | 128 |
| 2026 | 70 | 80 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Light emitting element29 Sep 2026US 12,749,868 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Plated trench for parasitic capacitance control of vertical cavity surface emitting laser devices29 Sep 2026US 12,749,870 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Electrode bridging in an emitter assembly22 Sep 2026US 12,744,359 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Device for producing a light barrier15 Sep 2026US 12,736,709 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Laser device, laser device array, and method of producing a laser device15 Sep 2026US 12,738,713 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Wiring structure and light emitting device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312363 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Surface emitting element1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302724 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Laser irradiation apparatus and laser processing apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291167 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Light-emitting device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291177 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- 3d package for semiconductor thermal management17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273956 A1Genesee Valley Innovations, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vertical-cavity surface emitting laser assay display system615US 5,325,386 ABandgap Technology Corporation · 1994
- Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly564US 7,972,875 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2011
- Single crystal silicon arrayed devices for display panels540US 5,317,236 AKopin Corporation · 1994
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device472US 10,103,040 B1ASM IP Holding B. V. · 2018
- Polarized surface-emitting laser358US 5,331,654 APhotonics Research Incorporated · 1994