G02B 6/2773
Polarisation splitting or combining
Official title: {Polarisation splitting or combining}
G02B6/2773 (Polarisation splitting or combining) appears on 456 US grants and 452 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 456
- Published applications
- 452
- Assignees
- 220
- Inventors
- 886
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2003 | 21 | 31 |
| 2004 | 29 | 9 |
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| 2006 | 12 | 5 |
| 2007 | 9 | 3 |
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| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 20 | 25 |
| 2025 | 19 | 31 |
| 2026 | 15 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical sensor chip and optical sensing system25 Aug 2026US 12,717,082 B2Silith Technology Pte. Ltd.
- Single polarization circulator25 Aug 2026US 12,717,083 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Optical coupling and mode-selective separation or superposition of optical fields25 Aug 2026US 12,717,086 B2Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- Grating coupler with high efficiency4 Aug 2026US 12,699,228 B2Apple Inc.
- Integrated photonic 2×3 coupler28 Jul 2026US 12,693,475 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Integrated photonic 2x3 coupler1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299208 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Optical circuit switch (ocs) with multiplexed structure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276897 A1II-Vi Delaware, Inc.
- Polarization beam splitter rotator16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202613 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Optical communication devices with selective signal preclusion21 May 2026US 2026/0140316 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Optic multiplexer or demultiplexer21 May 2026US 2026/0140335 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Broadband light source system and method and light source combiner281US 6,570,659 B2LightLab Imaging, Inc. · 2003
- Frequency-selective optical switch employing a frequency dispersive element, polarization dispersive element and polarization modulating elements208US 5,414,540 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1995
- Collimating optical device and system149US 8,643,948 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2014
- System and method for fabricating components of precise optical path length134US 6,459,487 B12002
- Collimating optical device and system132US 8,810,914 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2014