A61B 1/07
Using light-conductive means
Official title: using light-conductive means, e.g. optical fibres
A61B1/07 (Using light-conductive means) appears on 2,506 US grants and 3,327 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,506
- Published applications
- 3,327
- Assignees
- 883
- Inventors
- 4,659
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 30 | 9 |
| 2002 | 21 | 38 |
| 2003 | 26 | 32 |
| 2004 | 21 | 34 |
| 2005 | 23 | 42 |
| 2006 | 17 | 46 |
| 2007 | 16 | 65 |
| 2008 | 19 | 62 |
| 2009 | 28 | 67 |
| 2010 | 27 | 67 |
| 2011 | 30 | 67 |
| 2012 | 44 | 85 |
| 2013 | 63 | 108 |
| 2014 | 76 | 159 |
| 2015 | 84 | 152 |
| 2016 | 91 | 191 |
| 2017 | 99 | 238 |
| 2018 | 138 | 239 |
| 2019 | 158 | 240 |
| 2020 | 190 | 312 |
| 2021 | 178 | 254 |
| 2022 | 191 | 203 |
| 2023 | 172 | 212 |
| 2024 | 223 | 183 |
| 2025 | 154 | 139 |
| 2026 | 103 | 83 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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