IPC Subgroup
G02F 1/07 based on electro-optical liquids exhibiting Kerr effect
Introduced: July 1974
Last revised: January 2006
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 intensity, phase, polarisation or colour > based on electro-optical liquids exhibiting Kerr effect
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- OPTICS
- Subclass:
- OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
Related Keywords
using KERR in light modulation
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