G02B 6/0229
Characterised by nanostructures, i.e. structures of size less than 100 nm
Official title: {characterised by nanostructures, i.e. structures of size less than 100 nm, e.g. quantum dots}
G02B6/0229 (Characterised by nanostructures, i.e. structures of size less than 100 nm) appears on 164 US grants and 209 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 209
- Assignees
- 108
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- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2020 | 15 | 19 |
| 2021 | 12 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 11 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Fabrication method of metal nanostructure and fiber-optic localized surface plasmon resonance sensor20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243946 A1Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Dankook University
- Reduced-diameter low-loss optical fiber and optical cable26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056359 A1Jiangdong Technology Co., Ltd.
- Optical fiber generating in use a physical unclonable function, object equipped therewith, and apparatus for manufacturing thereof4 Dec 2025US 2025/0370179 A1Polyvalor, Limited Partnership
- Quantum entanglement device and method of manufacture9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314816 A1
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical fiber with quantum dots473US 7,054,513 B2Lambda Instruments, Inc. · 2006
- Optical fibre with quantum dots341US 5,881,200 ABritish Telecommunications Public Ltd.Co. · 1999
- Superconducting single photon detector81US 9,500,519 B2Yale University · 2016
- Index-matching gel for nanostructure optical fibers and mechanical splice assembly and connector using same71US 7,742,670 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2010
- Optical fiber illumination systems and methods45US 8,591,087 B2Corning Incorporated · 2013