G02B 6/12033
Characterised by means for configuring the device
Official title: {characterised by means for configuring the device, e.g. moveable element for wavelength tuning (switching G02B6/35; thermo-optic devices G02F1/0147)}
G02B6/12033 (Characterised by means for configuring the device) appears on 256 US grants and 237 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiwavelength simultaneous monitoring circuit employing arrayed-waveguide grating133US 5,617,234 ANippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation · 1997
- Optical phased arrays with evanescently-coupled antennas103US 8,988,754 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2015
- Photonic crystal waveguide arrays84US 6,175,671 B1Nortel Networks Limited · 2001
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