G02B 6/0208
Characterised by their structure, wavelength response
Official title: {characterised by their structure, wavelength response (G02B6/02114, G02B6/02171, G02B6/02195 take precedence; multiple layer cores or claddings G02B6/036, protective coverings G02B6/4429)}
G02B6/0208 (Characterised by their structure, wavelength response) appears on 804 US grants and 689 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 14 | 13 |
| 2026 | 10 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical sensor and system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,132 B2The University of Sydney
- Optical isolator based on volume Bragg gratings18 Aug 2026US 12,710,578 B2University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc.
- Optoelectronic device18 Aug 2026US 12,710,604 B2Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
- System, method, and computer program product for utilizing a fiber bragg grating to detect a gas indicating the onset of thermal runaway14 Jul 2026US 12,680,951 B2Honeywell International Inc.
- Optical fiber cladding optical filter9 Jun 2026US 12,650,558 B2Fuzhou Photop Optics Co., Ltd.
- A novel technique for leak detection and quantification using fiber bragg gratings1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298764 A1
- Structured Film and Method of Using Same to Form a Pattern on a Substrate27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251967 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Overlapped Fiber Bragg Gratings With Different Reflectivities13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235800 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Strong, fatigue-resistant optical fiber with enhanced side irradiation23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211174 A1
- Optical fiber that combines and demultiplexes light2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186201 A1NTT, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multicore optical fibre354US 6,301,420 B1The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 2001
- Article comprising a micro-structured optical fiber, and method of making such fiber283US 5,802,236 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1998
- Method of fabricating Bragg gratings using a silica glass phase grating mask and mask used by same192US 5,367,588 AHer Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Communications · 1994
- Optical waveguide sensors having high refractive index sensitivity134US 6,366,722 B1Luna Innovations Incorporated · 2002
- Fabry-Perot laser with wavelength control131US 6,741,624 B2R J Mears LLC · 2004