Y10S 385/00
Optical waveguides
Y10S385/00 (Optical waveguides) appears on 985 US grants and 429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10S- Granted patents
- 985
- Published applications
- 429
- Assignees
- 468
- Inventors
- 1,434
- Latest grant
- 28 Feb 2017
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| 2001 | 55 | 24 |
| 2002 | 54 | 48 |
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| 2004 | 42 | 57 |
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| 2007 | 65 | 49 |
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| 2009 | 41 | 21 |
| 2010 | 44 | 17 |
| 2011 | 19 | 7 |
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| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multiple waveguide imaging structure28 Feb 2017US 9,581,820 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Micro-optic adapters and tips for surgical illumination fibers30 Aug 2016US 9,429,746 B2Invuity, Inc.
- Waveguide grating structure and optical measurement arrangement17 May 2016US 9,341,573 B2Artificial Sensing Instruments ASI AG
- Micro-optic adapters and tips for surgical illumination fibers5 Jan 2016US 9,229,165 B2Invuity, Inc.
- Waveguide grating structure and optical measurement arrangement27 Oct 2015US 9,170,201 B2Artificial Sensing Instrument Asi AG
- Micro-optic adapters and tips for surgical illumination fibers17 Nov 2016US 2016/0334616 A1Invuity, Inc.
- Micro-optic adapters and tips for surgical illumination fibers24 Mar 2016US 2016/0085064 A1Invuity, Inc.
- Waveguide grating structure and optical measurement arrangement11 Feb 2016US 2016/0041096 A1Artificial Sensing Instrument Asi AG
- Multiple Waveguide Imaging Structure18 Jun 2015US 2015/0168731 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Illumination Device and Related Systems and Methods23 Oct 2014US 2014/0313766 A1Optim Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Protective cover for a lighting device1,137US 6,185,356 B2Lumitex, Inc. · 2001
- Light guide and lateral illuminator1,026US 6,836,611 B2J. W. Speaker Corporation · 2004
- Waveguide and method of smoothing optical surfaces529US 6,895,158 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2005
- Illumination devices and optical fibres for use therein334US 5,432,876 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1995
- Efficient collimation of light with optical wedge331US 7,970,246 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2011