G02B 6/25
Preparing the ends of light guides for coupling
Official title: Preparing the ends of light guides for coupling, e.g. cutting
G02B6/25 (Preparing the ends of light guides for coupling) appears on 768 US grants and 659 published applications in this corpus.
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