G02B 6/2558
Reinforcement of splice joint
Official title: {Reinforcement of splice joint}
G02B6/2558 (Reinforcement of splice joint) appears on 485 US grants and 405 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 485
- Published applications
- 405
- Assignees
- 230
- Inventors
- 971
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 23 | 14 |
| 2025 | 15 | 12 |
| 2026 | 3 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple fiber fusion splice protection sleeve121US 5,832,162 ATII Industries, Inc. · 1998
- Environmental sealing for fiber optic cable assemblies95US 6,261,006 B1Amphenol Corporation · 2001
- Environmental protection closure for wire splices; and method91US 4,849,580 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1989
- Fusion-splice fiber optic connectors and related tools88US 8,408,811 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2013
- Multi-fiber fiber optic connector82US 9,442,257 B2CommScope Technologies LLC · 2016