IPC Subgroup
G02F 1/29 for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
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 position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
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
Additional Content
Lasers provided with means to change the location from which, or the direction in which, laser radiation is emitted
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G02F 1/295 in an optical waveguide structure
- G02F 1/31 Digital deflection devices
- G02F 1/33 Acousto-optical deflection devices
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