G02B 6/3562
Switch of the bypass type, i.e. enabling a change of path in
Official title: {Switch of the bypass type, i.e. enabling a change of path in a network, e.g. to bypass a failed element in the network}
G02B6/3562 (Switch of the bypass type, i.e. enabling a change of path in) appears on 107 US grants and 71 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 71
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- 81
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Laser sparing architectures for multi-wavelength laser arrays6 Oct 2026US 12,754,377 B2NVIDIA Corporation
- Splitting apparatus, dual-mode ONU, optical network system, and communication method24 Feb 2026US 12,563,324 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Optical transceiver arrays22 Apr 2025US 12,282,194 B2Lyte Ai, Inc.
- Optical source switching method and apparatus26 Nov 2024US 12,156,310 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Optical transceiver arrays7 May 2024US 11,977,259 B2Lyte Ai, Inc.
- Optical transceiver arrays19 Jun 2025US 2025/0199243 A1Lyte Ai, Inc.
- Laser sparing architectures for multi-wavelength laser arrays12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189864 A1NVIDIA Corporation
- Integrated arrays for coherent optical detection1 May 2025US 2025/0138385 A1Lyte Ai, Inc.
- Optical transceiver arrays1 Aug 2024US 2024/0255702 A1Lyte Ai, Inc.
- Optical transceiver arrays29 Feb 2024US 2024/0069285 A1Lyte Ai, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Freespace optical bypass-exchange switch90US 5,943,454 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1999
- Radiation switching arrangement with moving deflecting element59US 4,932,745 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1990
- Fiber optic switch55US 4,989,946 AAlcatel NA, Inc. · 1991
- Bridging apparatus and method for an optical crossconnect device54US 5,982,554 AAT&T Corp. · 1999
- 2.times.2 Optical bypass switch53US 4,927,225 AFinisar Corporation · 1990