G02B 27/0994
Fibers, light pipes
Official title: {Fibers, light pipes (optical fibers per se G02B6/02)}
G02B27/0994 (Fibers, light pipes) appears on 742 US grants and 922 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 742
- Published applications
- 922
- Assignees
- 411
- Inventors
- 1,523
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 37 | 32 |
| 2025 | 17 | 20 |
| 2026 | 5 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Beam intensity profile tailoring with a composite, tapered optical fibre11 Aug 2026US 12,706,431 B2The University of Sydney
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- Apparatus for reduction of signal variation in sequencing system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251891 A1Illumina, Inc.
- Optical device, system and method for producing photoacoustic images using homogenised beams from pulsed light sources20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243734 A1Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (Csic)
- High power solid state light source for fluorescent applications6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227334 A1Stratec SE
- Apparatus for electromagnetic manipulation of an optical fiber6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227579 A1
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- Method of imaging using a liquid crystal display device193US 6,243,149 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2001
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