- All sections
- G - Physics
- G02F - Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved thereinnon-linear opticsfrequency-changing of lightoptical logic elementsoptical analogue/digital converters
- G02F 1/21 - 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 modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour by interference
Patent holdings for IPC class G02F 1/21
Total number of patents in this class: 1518
10-year publication summary
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97
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132
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135
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130
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123
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129
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158
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141
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154
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128
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. | 866 |
90 |
| Fujitsu Optical Components Limited | 294 |
60 |
| Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | 15705 |
50 |
| TDK Corporation | 6877 |
42 |
| Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | 16681 |
42 |
| Cisco Technology, Inc. | 22099 |
41 |
| Psiquantum, Corp. | 450 |
41 |
| Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy | 6852 |
29 |
| Ciena Corporation | 2056 |
28 |
| Marvell Asia PTE, Ltd. | 6435 |
28 |
| NEC Corporation | 36225 |
27 |
| Lumentum Operations LLC | 902 |
27 |
| Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 115187 |
25 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 45023 |
24 |
| Cavium International | 4930 |
24 |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 46765 |
21 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 148649 |
20 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10129 |
19 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | 10773 |
19 |
| California Institute of Technology | 3990 |
16 |
| Other owners | 845 |