G02B 6/3568
Characterised by the actuating force
Official title: {characterised by the actuating force}
G02B6/3568 (Characterised by the actuating force) appears on 1,448 US grants and 1,068 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,448
- Published applications
- 1,068
- Assignees
- 600
- Inventors
- 2,502
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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| 2001 | 59 | 31 |
| 2002 | 112 | 198 |
| 2003 | 149 | 208 |
| 2004 | 180 | 148 |
| 2005 | 140 | 124 |
| 2006 | 121 | 85 |
| 2007 | 80 | 31 |
| 2008 | 44 | 25 |
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| 2010 | 26 | 17 |
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| 2019 | 12 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 | 16 |
| 2021 | 9 | 6 |
| 2022 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8 |
| 2024 | 14 | 12 |
| 2025 | 7 | 15 |
| 2026 | 3 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Intelligent optical switch12 May 2026US 12,625,326 B2Go!Foton Holdings, Inc.
- Contamination-safe optical coupling device24 Feb 2026US 12,560,773 B2RAYLASE GmbH
- Light modulating device and electronic apparatus including the same10 Feb 2026US 12,547,046 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Tunable silicon nitride waveguide structure23 Sep 2025US 12,422,624 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- High-reliability robotic cross-connect systems12 Aug 2025US 12,386,120 B2Telescent Inc.
- Optical switch20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243966 A1santec Holdings Corporation
- Intelligent Optical Switch6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227575 A1Go!Foton Holdings, Inc.
- Apparatus for electromagnetic manipulation of an optical fiber6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227579 A1
- Data transmission device and data transmission method18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169226 A1Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Alignment arrangement for aligning a first and a second optical component as well as a corresponding system26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086295 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Photonic mems and structures872US 6,650,455 B2Iridigm Display Corporation · 2003
- Photonic MEMS and structures616US 7,123,216 B1Idc, LLC · 2006
- Medical imaging, diagnosis, and therapy using a scanning single optical fiber system524US 6,975,898 B2University of Washington · 2005
- Thin film shape memory alloy and method for producing411US 4,864,824 AAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories · 1989
- Digital micromirror shutter device386US 5,226,099 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1993