G02B 6/3608
Fibre wiring boards, i.e. where fibres are embedded or attached in a
Official title: {Fibre wiring boards, i.e. where fibres are embedded or attached in a pattern on or to a substrate, e.g. flexible sheets (optical ribbon cables in support members G02B6/4401)}
G02B6/3608 (Fibre wiring boards, i.e. where fibres are embedded or attached in a) appears on 332 US grants and 314 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 332
- Published applications
- 314
- Assignees
- 202
- Inventors
- 685
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 15 | 14 |
| 2003 | 22 | 32 |
| 2004 | 18 | 14 |
| 2005 | 19 | 17 |
| 2006 | 11 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 10 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 | 15 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 13 | 12 |
| 2016 | 19 | 22 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7 |
| 2019 | 13 | 12 |
| 2020 | 11 | 13 |
| 2021 | 15 | 24 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 |
| 2023 | 6 | 21 |
| 2024 | 16 | 13 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical waveguide package and light-emitting device8 Sep 2026US 12,730,268 B2KYOCERA Corporation
- Fabric modules for server to switch connections2 Jun 2026US 12,647,702 B2Panduit Corp.
- Cable management arrangement24 Mar 2026US 12,585,067 B2CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
- Apparatus and method for assessing balance6 Jan 2026US 12,514,485 B2Perimeter Security Industries Pty Ltd
- Method and apparatus for breath-hold monitoring in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures6 Jan 2026US 12,516,964 B2EmpNia Inc.
- Laser welding of optical fibers to substrates17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273662 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Optical connection component13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235814 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Multicore optical wiring module13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235836 A1NTT, Inc.
- Cable management arrangement6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227578 A1CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
- Flexible fiber optic circuits and methods of manufacturing the same4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153682 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical fiber interconnection apparatus and method152US 5,155,785 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1992
- Optical interconnection of circuit packs117US 5,204,925 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1993
- Printed circuit board assembly having a flexible optical circuit and associated fabrication method102US 6,005,991 AUS Conec Ltd. · 1999
- Optical fiber interconnection devices and systems using same84US 7,756,371 B1Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2010
- Optical fiber interconnection apparatus and methods of making interconnections77US 5,259,051 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1993