G02B 6/04
Formed by bundles of fibres
Official title: formed by bundles of fibres (G02B6/24 takes precedence)
G02B6/04 (Formed by bundles of fibres) appears on 1,958 US grants and 1,606 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,958
- Published applications
- 1,606
- Assignees
- 927
- Inventors
- 3,616
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 25 | 0 |
| 1989 | 34 | 0 |
| 1990 | 35 | 0 |
| 1991 | 40 | 0 |
| 1992 | 43 | 0 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 |
| 1994 | 39 | 0 |
| 1995 | 31 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 41 | 0 |
| 1998 | 40 | 0 |
| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 39 | 5 |
| 2002 | 44 | 55 |
| 2003 | 42 | 46 |
| 2004 | 33 | 75 |
| 2005 | 36 | 65 |
| 2006 | 40 | 52 |
| 2007 | 65 | 55 |
| 2008 | 41 | 50 |
| 2009 | 33 | 45 |
| 2010 | 34 | 43 |
| 2011 | 24 | 36 |
| 2012 | 33 | 30 |
| 2013 | 32 | 49 |
| 2014 | 36 | 52 |
| 2015 | 59 | 161 |
| 2016 | 59 | 82 |
| 2017 | 68 | 72 |
| 2018 | 62 | 74 |
| 2019 | 86 | 98 |
| 2020 | 100 | 92 |
| 2021 | 80 | 86 |
| 2022 | 88 | 86 |
| 2023 | 74 | 65 |
| 2024 | 70 | 65 |
| 2025 | 57 | 38 |
| 2026 | 25 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes29 Sep 2026US 12,745,900 B2Zsquare Ltd.
- Ultraviolet light transmission system15 Sep 2026US 12,739,038 B2NTT, Inc.
- Viewing instrument8 Sep 2026US 12,729,935 B2Nedinsco B.V.
- Multiband scanning and fiber bundle to enable reduced light source intensity and improved imaging quality25 Aug 2026US 12,720,229 B2Illumina, Inc.
- Fiber optics plate, scintillator panel, radiation detector, electron microscope, X-ray blocking method and electron beam blocking method18 Aug 2026US 12,709,569 B2Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Optical fiber waveguide in an endoscopic system for hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306023 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Fiber optic pulling assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299237 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277014 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- Optical fiber arrangement method, optical fiber fusion splicing method, method for manufacturing optical fiber ribbon with connector, and intermittently connected optical fiber ribbon3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259376 A1Fujikura Ltd.
- Optical fiber bundle structure, process for manufacturing optical fiber bundle structure, and optical fiber connection structure20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243949 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods701US 9,791,700 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Multiple depth plane three-dimensional display using a wave guide reflector array projector563US 9,310,559 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2016
- Waveguide and method of smoothing optical surfaces529US 6,895,158 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2005
- Tandem linear scanning confocal imaging system with focal volumes at different heights499US 5,248,876 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1993
- Laser endoscope for spectroscopic imaging418US 5,318,024 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994