G02B 6/3558
1xn switch, i.e. one input and a selectable single output of n
Official title: {1xN switch, i.e. one input and a selectable single output of N possible outputs}
G02B6/3558 (1xn switch, i.e. one input and a selectable single output of n) appears on 166 US grants and 107 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Large scale steerable coherent optical switched arrays11 Jun 2024US 12,007,607 B2Analog Photonics LLC
- Mechanical transfer ferrule based optical switch9 Jan 2024US 11,867,953 B2Viavi Solutions France SAS
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical switching apparatus324US 6,295,154 B1Texas Instruments Incorporated · 2001
- Micromechanical optical switch and flat panel display310US 5,771,321 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1998
- Optical device utilizing optical waveguides and mechanical light-switches177US 5,953,469 AXeotron Corporation · 1999
- Optical device utilizing optical waveguides and mechanical light-switches144US 6,650,822 B1Xeotion Corp. · 2003
- Capillary valve, connector, and router93US 6,190,616 B1Molecular Dynamics, Inc. · 2001