Laser Lighting Driver & Safety Patent Snapshot 2026
The corpus for Laser Lighting Driver & Safety is currently very small, comprising 2 patent families concentrated entirely within STMicroelectronics, with all filings recorded in 2023 and protected solely via the European Patent Office. The field is nascent and essentially single-assignee at this stage, signaling an early-mover opportunity for new entrants.
STMicroelectronics holds all identified filings in this nascent field
STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS is the sole ranked applicant, holding all 2 patent families in the current corpus — representing complete concentration among the top filers.
The top five filers account for 100% of the combined total among the ranked applicants visible in this query, which in this case collapses to a single entity. There is no visible tier gap because no second-tier competitor has yet filed in this specific topic.
| # | Applicant | Patent families | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS | 2 |
STMicroelectronics’ position implies that any competitor entering Laser Lighting Driver & Safety would face an uncrowded evidence snapshot — but also that the incumbent has established the initial claim peg at the EPO, covering positioning-integrated laser safety circuits.
The corpus covers filings through 2026; the most recent 18–24 months are subject to publication lag and likely under-represent actual filing activity. Longer-window growth, applicant concentration, and technology-route coverage are therefore more reliable signals than the latest-year bar alone.
All activity concentrated in 2023; technology spans laser emission and radar/positioning classes
The filing trend and technology composition together reveal a field that emerged in a single year with a tightly defined technical scope bridging laser diode driving and LiDAR-style safety sensing.
Annual filing trend
Both patent families were filed in 2023; no filings appear in the years before or after within the current corpus. Given standard publication lag, activity in 2024–2026 may not yet be fully visible, so the apparent quiet after 2023 should not be read as stagnation.
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The two IPC branches — G01S (Radar, sonar & positioning) and H01S (Lasers & stimulated emission) — each account for the full 2 patent families, confirming that the filings integrate both laser driver circuitry and positional/safety sensing in a single patent cluster.
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Citation-heavy patent families returned by the query. Use this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents.
TREIBERSCHALTUNG, ENTSPRECHENDE LASERANSTEUERUNGSV…
In a driver circuit (100) couplable to laser diodes (LD_j), a semiconductor body (504) has a first surface (504a). A first control switch (S1) has a drain (DS1) coupled to a drain metallization (530) and a source (SS1) coupled to a first source metallization (532). The drain metallization is couplable to a power supply line (12). A second control switch… (excerpt from the patent abstract)
Ranked by total forward citations. Citation counts favour older and broadly cited patent families, and broad or adjacent patents may appear when they match the search scope. Treat this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents. Some patent titles may be shown in their original, non-English language where an accurate translation could not be guaranteed.
Assignee snapshot from the current evidence set
The applicants below are visible in this query result. Because the evidence set is relatively small, read this section as a directional snapshot rather than a full competitive ranking.
STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
Holds 2 patent families, all classified under G01S17 (LiDAR-type ranging), G01S7 (radar/sonar instruments), and H01S5 (semiconductor lasers). Filed as a new entrant in 2023 in co-authorship with its Italian sister entity. The technology focus indicates integration of laser driver circuits with proximity/safety sensing — consistent with automotive or industrial LiDAR safety applications.
patent families: 2STMicroelectronics S.p.A. (Italy)
Co-filer on both patent families alongside STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, carrying identical IPC coverage across G01S17, G01S7, and H01S5. Also marked as a new entrant with 2 recent families. This entity’s participation suggests the filings originate from a joint R&D effort across the group’s French and Italian design centres.
patent families: 2Frequently asked questions
The current corpus contains 2 patent families, both filed by STMicroelectronics entities at the European Patent Office in 2023.
STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS is the top-ranked applicant, holding 2 patent families. Its Italian group entity, STMicroelectronics S.p.A., is co-assignee on the same filings.
The filings span two IPC areas: G01S (Radar, sonar & positioning, including LiDAR subclass G01S17 and instrument subclass G01S7) and H01S (Lasers & stimulated emission, specifically H01S5 for semiconductor lasers).
All identified patent families are filed exclusively at the European Patent Office (EPO). No US, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or PCT equivalents appear in the current corpus.
The corpus is too small to determine a life-cycle stage. All 2 patent families were filed in 2023, marking STMicroelectronics as a new entrant. Filing activity in 2024–2026 is subject to publication lag and may not yet be fully visible.
Adjacent IPC branches such as H05B (laser driver circuits) and B60Q (automotive lighting safety interlocks) are entirely absent from the current corpus, despite being technically relevant to laser lighting driver and safety applications. These represent under-served areas where early filings would face limited prior-art friction based on current evidence.
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