G01L 1/242
The material being an optical fibre
Official title: {the material being an optical fibre}
G01L1/242 (The material being an optical fibre) appears on 1,245 US grants and 1,298 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,298
- Assignees
- 709
- Inventors
- 2,901
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 78 | 61 |
| 2025 | 72 | 50 |
| 2026 | 32 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Demodulation system for optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,754,045 B2Beijing Bywave Sensing Technology Co., Ltd.
- Athermal glasses and athermal systems for infrared optics22 Sep 2026US 12,741,901 B2Schott AG
- Apparatus for recovering twist in cable shape15 Sep 2026US 12,736,333 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Tactile sensor and apparatus including tactile sensor8 Sep 2026US 12,730,020 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and system for manufacturing optical fiber ribbon25 Aug 2026US 12,717,108 B2Fujikura Ltd.
- Force sensor and methods of making and using same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309559 A1
- Cluster efficiency evaluation using strain observation from a monitoring well8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309884 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Device, method and system for quantifying a change in environmental conditions along the length of an optical fiber1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298675 A1Bundesrepublik Deutschland, vertreten durch den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
- Method and system for monitoring icicles based on adhesive optical fibers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298739 A1Shandong University
- Mast moment sensing for an aircraft1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298740 A1Archer Aviation Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic instrument systems and methods utilizing optical fiber sensor1,319US 9,186,046 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2015
- Force and torque sensing for surgical instruments1,174US 8,945,095 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2015
- Fiber optic sensor for precision 3-D position measurement324US 6,888,623 B2Dynamic Technology, Inc. · 2005
- Ribbed force sensor290US 8,621,939 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2014
- Multi-force sensing surgical instrument and method of use for robotic surgical systems241US 9,549,781 B2The Johns Hopkins University · 2017