G02B 6/26
Optical coupling means
Official title: Optical coupling means (G02B6/36, G02B6/42 take precedence)
G02B6/26 (Optical coupling means) appears on 20,123 US grants and 18,004 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 20,123
- Published applications
- 18,004
- Assignees
- 4,384
- Inventors
- 27,180
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 56 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 75 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 555 | 195 |
| 2002 | 694 | 1175 |
| 2003 | 903 | 1348 |
| 2004 | 1013 | 1059 |
| 2005 | 886 | 726 |
| 2006 | 777 | 590 |
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| 2021 | 689 | 797 |
| 2022 | 696 | 823 |
| 2023 | 669 | 776 |
| 2024 | 649 | 820 |
| 2025 | 572 | 795 |
| 2026 | 360 | 504 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/28Having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently9,370
- G02B 6/35Having switching means3,766
- G02B 6/32Having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends2,796
- G02B 6/30For use between fibre and thin-film device2,614
- G02B 6/27With polarisation selective and adjusting means1,934
- G02B 6/34Utilising prism or grating1,841
- G02B 6/262Optical details of coupling light into, or out of, or between fibre1,723
- G02B 6/264With optical elements between opposed fibre ends which perform a function other1,133
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