G02F 1/29 for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
Full Title
Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics > for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
Filing statistics
CPC G02F 1/29 belongs to the parent subclass G02F, which recorded 256,497 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 20,929 in 2013 to 16,823 in 2023 (-20%), peaking at 28,806 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class G02 are SAMSUNG DISPLAY (14,409 applications), BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (14,236 applications) and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (11,826 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- G02F 1/295 in an optical waveguide structure]
- G02F 1/31 Digital deflection, (G02F1/33 takes precedence)
- G02F 1/33 Acousto-optical deflection devices
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 14,409
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 14,236
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 11,826
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 10,141
- FUJIFILM JP 8,506
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 7,558
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 6,306
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 5,336
- SONY CORPORATION JP 5,097
- CANON JP 4,814