G01J 3/0218
Using optical fibers
Official title: {using optical fibers}
G01J3/0218 (Using optical fibers) appears on 1,564 US grants and 1,714 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,714
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- 883
- Inventors
- 3,198
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 70 | 96 |
| 2024 | 88 | 77 |
| 2025 | 60 | 67 |
| 2026 | 39 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Recent patents
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- Temperature-robust calibration path optical design24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287423 A1Trinamix GmbH
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