G02B 6/3502
Involving direct waveguide displacement
Official title: {involving direct waveguide displacement, e.g. cantilever type waveguide displacement involving waveguide bending, or displacing an interposed waveguide between stationary waveguides}
G02B6/3502 (Involving direct waveguide displacement) appears on 741 US grants and 487 published applications in this corpus.
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