G02B 6/264
With optical elements between opposed fibre ends which perform a function other
Official title: {with optical elements between opposed fibre ends which perform a function other than beam splitting (having lens focusing means G02B6/32; utilising prism or grating G02B6/34)}
G02B6/264 (With optical elements between opposed fibre ends which perform a function other) appears on 1,133 US grants and 909 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Recent patents
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- Metasurface-based optical signal manipulation devices for optical fiber communications28 Jul 2026US 12,693,473 B2Corning Incorporated
- Electronic device23 Jun 2026US 12,665,023 B2Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
- Quantum-entangled photon-pair light source using chip-scale atomic vapor cell and implementation method thereof16 Jun 2026US 12,659,047 B2SDT Inc.
- Optical connection component13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235814 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Pluggable optical protection switch6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227586 A1II-VI Photonics, Inc.
- Optical switch with multimode phase shifter16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202618 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Optical power limiter16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202693 A1National University of Singapore
- Multi-core fiber (mcf) gain flattening filter (gff) devices9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194718 A1II-VI Photonics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adjustable optical attenuator1,027US 6,167,185 AJDS Fitel Inc. · 2000
- Photonic mems and structures872US 6,650,455 B2Iridigm Display Corporation · 2003
- Photonic MEMS and structures616US 7,123,216 B1Idc, LLC · 2006
- Universal optical fiber buildout system334US 5,274,729 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1993
- Optical simulator with loop-back attenuator having metalized optical fiber276US 5,076,688 AAMP Incorporated · 1991