G02B 6/02142
Based on illuminating or irradiating an amplitude mask, i.e. a mask having
Official title: {based on illuminating or irradiating an amplitude mask, i.e. a mask having a repetitive intensity modulating pattern}
G02B6/02142 (Based on illuminating or irradiating an amplitude mask, i.e. a mask having) appears on 78 US grants and 51 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 51
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- Latest grant
- 26 Mar 2024
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
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- Slant-type fiber grating20 Sep 2022US 11,448,821 B2Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Method and system for fabricating an optical fiber device for shape sensing15 Feb 2022US 11,249,248 B2Polyvalor, Limited Partnership
- Methods and apparatus for determining shape parameter(s) using a sensing fiber having a single core with multiple light propagating modes6 Jun 2024US 2024/0183691 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Gauge carrier, optical fiber displacement sensor, and method of manufacturing optical fiber displacement sensor15 Feb 2024US 2024/0053139 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Methods and apparatus for determining shape parameter(s) using a sensing fiber having a single core with multiple light propagating modes29 Dec 2022US 2022/0412778 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Method and system for fabricating an optical fiber device for shape sensing7 Apr 2022US 2022/0107457 A1Polyvalor, Limited Partnership
- Slant-type fiber grating22 Jul 2021US 2021/0223468 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fabrication of small-scale cylindrical articles186US 5,951,881 APresident and Fellows of Harvard College · 1999
- Optical fiber diffuser91US 6,398,778 B1Photonics Research Ontario · 2002
- Variable period amplitude grating mask and method for use71US 5,857,043 ACorning Incorporated · 1999
- Process for preparing an optical fiber sensor with enhanced sensitivity68US 6,035,082 ALuna Innovations Incorporated · 2000
- Bragg grating made in optical waveguide51US 5,351,321 A1994