G02B 2006/12195
Tapering
Official title: {Tapering}
G02B2006/12195 (Tapering) appears on 348 US grants and 284 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 12 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026 | 8 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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