G02B 6/32
Having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends
Official title: having lens focusing means {positioned between opposed fibre ends (with lens being an integral part of the single fibre end G02B6/262)}
G02B6/32 (Having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends) appears on 2,796 US grants and 2,772 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Variable ring beam generator11 Aug 2026US 12,703,045 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Optical interconnect for high performance computer architecture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299204 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Two-dimensional fiber collimator array17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276894 A1Fuzhou Photop Optics Co., Ltd.
- 2d fiber array packaging for optical interfaces17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276895 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Optical connection assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276905 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277014 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods701US 9,791,700 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Medical imaging, diagnosis, and therapy using a scanning single optical fiber system524US 6,975,898 B2University of Washington · 2005
- Optical interconnection network347US 5,037,173 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1991
- Control of an optical fiber scanner337US 6,845,190 B1University of Washington · 2005
- Fibre optic single mode rotary joint307US 5,039,193 AFocal Technologies Incorporated · 1991