G01M 11/088
Of optical fibres
Official title: {of optical fibres; Mechanical features associated with the optical testing of optical fibres}
G01M11/088 (Of optical fibres) appears on 268 US grants and 237 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01M- Granted patents
- 268
- Published applications
- 237
- Assignees
- 169
- Inventors
- 652
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and system for manufacturing optical fiber ribbon25 Aug 2026US 12,717,108 B2Fujikura Ltd.
- Optical fiber pay-off system and optical fiber proof test system2 Jun 2026US 12,643,764 B2Draka Comteq France
- Changeable tip for optical fiber inspection device10 Feb 2026US 12,546,681 B2Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Coherent optical measuring device for facility line test20 Jan 2026US 12,529,594 B2NTT, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for verifying optical fiber work using artificial intelligence9 Dec 2025US 12,493,946 B2Fiberfox, Inc.
- Core position measurement method and core position measurement apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259104 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- End-face observation device for optical fiber and method of observing end face of optical fiber27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251529 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Method and system for testing a fibre optic network6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227280 A1British Telecommunications Public Ltd.Co.
- Loss measurement device and loss measurement method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219129 A1NTT, Inc.
- Method for measuring twist of optical fiber and method for manufacturing optical fiber11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160641 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Edge triggered apparatus and method for measuring strain in bragg gratings91US 6,566,648 B1The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2003
- Shape sensing with multi-core fiber sensor76US 10,823,627 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2020
- Testing glass fibres65US 4,346,601 AThe Post Office · 1982
- Method and arrangement for inspection and requalification of lined vehicles used for transporting commodities and/or hazardous materials62US 6,597,973 B12003
- Method and apparatus for tensile testing and rethreading optical fiber during fiber draw58US 7,832,675 B2Corning Incorporated · 2010