G02B 6/241
Light guide terminations
Official title: {Light guide terminations}
G02B6/241 (Light guide terminations) appears on 552 US grants and 351 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Counter pumping a large mode area fiber laser5 May 2026US 12,620,766 B2Optical Engines, Inc.
- Optical waveguide terminators with doped waveguides10 Feb 2026US 12,547,044 B2
- Terminated hollow-core fiber with suspended fiber-end23 Dec 2025US 12,504,583 B2Coherent Scotland Limited
- Pre-initiated optical fibers and methods of making thereof19 Aug 2025US 12,392,039 B2Biolase Mg LLC
- Nonreciprocal solar thermophotovoltaics12 Aug 2025US 12,388,390 B2University of Houston System
- Cable duct clamp and enclosure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280263 A1AFL Telecommunications LLC
- Method to change reflectance of an end of an optical fiber23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211184 A1
- Photonic wire bonding methods and processes for the advanced packaging of photonic devices and systems2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184628 A1Aeponyx Inc.
- Photonic wire bonding methods and processes for the advanced packaging of photonic devices and systems2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184629 A1Aeponyx Inc.
- Coupler between optical fiber and optical waveguide, and photonic integrated circuit comprising same18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169219 A1Postech Research and Business Development Foundation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical imaging, diagnosis, and therapy using a scanning single optical fiber system524US 6,975,898 B2University of Washington · 2005
- System and method for percutaneous myocardial revascularization505US 5,389,096 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1995
- Zero-mode clad waveguides for performing spectroscopy with confined effective observation volumes483US 6,917,726 B2Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 2005
- Analytical device for in vivo analysis in the body of a patient441US 6,584,335 B1Roche Diagnostics GmbH · 2003
- Laser endoscope for spectroscopic imaging418US 5,318,024 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994