G02B 6/3572
Magnetic force
Official title: {Magnetic force (magnetic forces controlling reflecting elements in general G02B26/085; magneto-optic devices G02F1/09)}
G02B6/3572 (Magnetic force) appears on 369 US grants and 239 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 369
- Published applications
- 239
- Assignees
- 213
- Inventors
- 752
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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| 2002 | 29 | 61 |
| 2003 | 37 | 52 |
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| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Contamination-safe optical coupling device24 Feb 2026US 12,560,773 B2RAYLASE GmbH
- High-reliability robotic cross-connect systems12 Aug 2025US 12,386,120 B2Telescent Inc.
- Actuatable optical device, method of fabricating the device, and use of a magnetic substance27 May 2025US 12,311,600 B2Baden-Wuerttemberg Stiftung gGmbH
- Magnetic self-mating fiber optic connector and fiber optic switch sensor13 Aug 2024US 12,061,365 B2National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
- DFOS self-anomaly detection system for safer infrastructures30 Jul 2024US 12,051,309 B2NEC Corporation
- Apparatus for electromagnetic manipulation of an optical fiber6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227579 A1
- Optical switches and systems including the same18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383508 A1
- Optical actuator and imaging device27 Feb 2025US 2025/0067939 A1Delta Electronics, Inc.
- High-reliability robotic cross-connect systems6 Jun 2024US 2024/0184052 A1Telescent Inc.
- Contamination-safe optical coupling device9 May 2024US 2024/0151920 A1RAYLASE GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical imaging, diagnosis, and therapy using a scanning single optical fiber system524US 6,975,898 B2University of Washington · 2005
- Optical switching apparatus324US 6,295,154 B1Texas Instruments Incorporated · 2001
- Oscillating fiber optic display and imager201US 5,727,098 A1998
- Optical device or switch for controlling radiation conducted in an optical waveguide134US 4,505,539 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1985
- Micro-opto-electromechanical devices and method therefor128US 5,995,688 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1999