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G02B 6/0071

With elongated shape

Official title: {with elongated shape, e.g. tube}

G02B6/0071 (With elongated shape) appears on 278 US grants and 266 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 278
Published applications: 266
Assignees: 147
Inventors: 549
Latest grant: 24 Mar 2026

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G02B 6/0071: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1986	1	0
1987	2	0
1988	4	0
1989	2	0
1990	3	0
1991	1	0
1992	2	0
1993	2	0
1994	2	0
1995	8	0
1996	6	0
1997	7	0
1998	7	0
1999	4	0
2000	6	0
2001	11	11
2002	15	24
2003	13	43
2004	29	34
2005	33	28
2006	22	35
2007	15	25
2008	15	30
2009	17	12
2010	17	7
2011	11	3
2012	8	1
2013	2	0
2014	0	2
2015	3	2
2016	0	0
2017	2	1
2018	1	2
2019	3	2
2020	3	3
2021	0	0
2022	0	0
2023	0	0
2024	0	1
2025	0	0
2026	1	0

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.

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