A61B 2562/146
For optical coupling
Official title: for optical coupling
A61B2562/146 (For optical coupling) appears on 365 US grants and 498 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 365
- Published applications
- 498
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 726
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 10 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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