G02B 6/02361
Longitudinal structures forming multiple layers around the core
Official title: {Longitudinal structures forming multiple layers around the core, e.g. arranged in multiple rings with each ring having longitudinal elements at substantially the same radial distance from the core, having rotational symmetry about the fibre axis}
G02B6/02361 (Longitudinal structures forming multiple layers around the core) appears on 201 US grants and 238 published applications in this corpus.
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Optical fiber, optical fiber preform, and method of manufacturing optical fiber22 Jan 2026US 2026/0023212 A1Lightera Japan Co., Ltd.
- Delivery fiber assembly and a broad band source15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016628 A1Nkt Photonics A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Article comprising a micro-structured optical fiber, and method of making such fiber283US 5,802,236 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1998
- Thermal sensing fiber devices242US 7,567,740 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2009
- Glass large-core optical fibers241US 8,159,742 B2Imra America, Inc. · 2012
- Thermal sensing fiber devices228US 7,805,029 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2010
- Large core area single mode optical fiber226US 8,903,214 B2Nkt Photonics A/S · 2014