G02B 6/036

Core or cladding comprising multiple layers

Official title: core or cladding comprising multiple layers {(multicore optical fibres G02B6/02042; microstructured properties G02B6/02295; omniguide fibres G02B6/023)}

G02B6/036 (Core or cladding comprising multiple layers) appears on 2,184 US grants and 2,141 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 2,184
Published applications: 2,141
Assignees: 524
Inventors: 2,818
Latest grant: 22 Sep 2026

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G02B 6/036: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	6	0
1977	1	0
1978	7	0
1979	8	0
1980	12	0
1981	8	0
1982	3	0
1983	6	0
1984	8	0
1985	0	0
1986	2	0
1987	10	0
1988	7	0
1989	11	0
1990	4	0
1991	9	0
1992	8	0
1993	4	0
1994	9	0
1995	7	0
1996	13	0
1997	20	0
1998	30	0
1999	32	0
2000	24	0
2001	53	30
2002	86	114
2003	106	125
2004	94	111
2005	90	81
2006	86	63
2007	67	67
2008	67	77
2009	54	73
2010	58	75
2011	47	89
2012	59	66
2013	72	94
2014	96	89
2015	102	107
2016	96	78
2017	86	98
2018	83	109
2019	89	108
2020	111	94
2021	69	89
2022	73	71
2023	61	77
2024	50	60
2025	42	64
2026	38	32

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