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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

Filing statistics

IPC G02B 26/00 belongs to the parent subclass G02B, which recorded 685,920 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 48,241 in 2013 to 61,226 in 2023 (+27%), peaking at 73,100 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class G02 are BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (13,460 applications), BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (11,745 applications) and SAMSUNG DISPLAY (10,908 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 13,460
  2. BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 11,745
  3. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 10,908
  4. CANON 9,072
  5. FUJIFILM JP 7,957
  6. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,805
  7. LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 6,558
  8. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 5,855
  9. NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 5,817
  10. OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 4,579