G02B 6/06
The relative position of the fibres being the same at both ends
Official title: the relative position of the fibres being the same at both ends, e.g. for transporting images
G02B6/06 (The relative position of the fibres being the same at both ends) appears on 1,285 US grants and 990 published applications in this corpus.
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