G02B 2006/4297
Having protection means
Official title: {having protection means, e.g. protecting humans against accidental exposure to harmful laser radiation}
G02B2006/4297 (Having protection means) appears on 308 US grants and 231 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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