G02B 26/00 Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements
Introduced: January 1985
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- OPTICS
- Subclass:
- OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
Additional Content
Glossary
control when referred to light or optical elements, systems or apparatus, covers affecting or directing one or more of the following properties of light: intensity; colour; phase; frequency or wavelength; polarisation; direction; and one or more of the following optical operations: gating; switching or deflecting; modulation.
Limiting references
Devices or arrangements, the optical operation of which is modified by changing the optical properties of the medium of the devices or arrangements
Application references
Devices or arrangements specially adapted for measuring characteristics of light
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G02B 26/02 for controlling the intensity of light
- G02B 26/06 for controlling the phase of light
- G02B 26/08 for controlling the direction of light
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 13,460
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 11,745
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 10,908
- CANON 9,072
- FUJIFILM JP 7,957
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,805
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 6,558
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 5,855
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 5,817
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 4,579