H05B 45/46
Having leds disposed in parallel lines
Official title: having LEDs disposed in parallel lines
H05B45/46 (Having leds disposed in parallel lines) appears on 2,017 US grants and 2,246 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05B- Granted patents
- 2,017
- Published applications
- 2,246
- Assignees
- 758
- Inventors
- 3,041
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 7 | 11 |
| 2003 | 12 | 10 |
| 2004 | 9 | 17 |
| 2005 | 8 | 31 |
| 2006 | 11 | 30 |
| 2007 | 12 | 43 |
| 2008 | 27 | 75 |
| 2009 | 31 | 82 |
| 2010 | 38 | 111 |
| 2011 | 75 | 143 |
| 2012 | 100 | 174 |
| 2013 | 139 | 167 |
| 2014 | 160 | 167 |
| 2015 | 182 | 173 |
| 2016 | 178 | 154 |
| 2017 | 190 | 159 |
| 2018 | 153 | 120 |
| 2019 | 157 | 98 |
| 2020 | 111 | 98 |
| 2021 | 92 | 87 |
| 2022 | 68 | 81 |
| 2023 | 73 | 69 |
| 2024 | 64 | 56 |
| 2025 | 70 | 41 |
| 2026 | 34 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Lighting device with current self-balancing function17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282190 A1Xiamen PVTECH Co., Ltd.
- Fail-safe led lamp assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0271156 A1Peterson Manufacturing Company
- Efficiency optimization by parallel string switching through dimming interface3 Sep 2026US 2026/0262150 A1Signify Holding B. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illumination components1,698US 6,211,626 B1Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2001
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- Lighting entertainment system987US 6,166,496 AColor Kinetics Incorporated · 2000
- Illuminator assembly incorporating light emitting diodes881US 5,803,579 AGentex Corporation · 1998
- Lighting device and lighting method856US 7,213,940 B1LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc. · 2007