C03B 2203/40
Multifibres or fibre bundles
Official title: Multifibres or fibre bundles, e.g. for making image fibres
C03B2203/40 (Multifibres or fibre bundles) appears on 45 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C03B- Granted patents
- 45
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 135
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for making optical fiber bundle structure, and method for connecting optical fiber bundle structure with multicore fiber28 Jul 2026US 12,692,186 B2Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing microchannel plate28 Apr 2026US 12,612,327 B2
- Self-learning fiber processing system and method24 Feb 2026US 12,559,408 B23SAE Technologies, Inc.
- Methods for optimizing graded index fiber length to improve image quality17 Feb 2026US 12,552,703 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Fabrication method and use of F40 mm large-size and high-contrast21 Oct 2025US 12,448,316 B2China Building Materials Academy Co., Ltd.
- Method for producing a preform for an optical fiber18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167551 A1
- Methods for producing glass strand and glass yarn28 May 2026US 2026/0145986 A1Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Method for making optical fiber bundle structure, and method for connecting optical fiber bundle structure with multicore fiber7 Nov 2024US 2024/0368020 A1Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
- Methods for optimizing graded index fiber length to improve image quality7 Nov 2024US 2024/0368021 A1Lumentum Operations LLC
- Self-learning fiber processing system and method17 Oct 2024US 2024/0343633 A13SAE Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Photonic crystal fibre and a method for its production36US 6,985,661 B1NKT Research & Innovation A/S · 2006
- Method for making separable multiple core optical fibers, the resulting fiber structures, and uses thereof17US 6,539,151 B2Corning Incorporated · 2003
- Image-transmitting bundled optical fibers16US 4,397,524 ASumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. · 1983
- Method of producing infrared image guide16US 4,652,288 AHoriba, Ltd. · 1987
- Method for fabricating an optical fiber, preform for fabricating an optical fiber, optical fiber and apparatus16US 8,132,429 B2Silitec Fibers SA · 2012