G02B 6/3628
For mounting fibres to supporting carriers
Official title: {for mounting fibres to supporting carriers (G02B6/3608, G02B6/3616 take precedence)}
G02B6/3628 (For mounting fibres to supporting carriers) appears on 2,220 US grants and 2,002 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 2,220
- Published applications
- 2,002
- Assignees
- 881
- Inventors
- 4,417
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 34 | 0 |
| 1989 | 27 | 0 |
| 1990 | 35 | 0 |
| 1991 | 32 | 0 |
| 1992 | 31 | 0 |
| 1993 | 26 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 31 | 0 |
| 1996 | 33 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 49 | 0 |
| 1999 | 47 | 0 |
| 2000 | 47 | 0 |
| 2001 | 50 | 23 |
| 2002 | 91 | 150 |
| 2003 | 132 | 191 |
| 2004 | 116 | 118 |
| 2005 | 93 | 80 |
| 2006 | 72 | 55 |
| 2007 | 62 | 44 |
| 2008 | 50 | 25 |
| 2009 | 37 | 40 |
| 2010 | 25 | 28 |
| 2011 | 30 | 43 |
| 2012 | 18 | 50 |
| 2013 | 32 | 59 |
| 2014 | 43 | 75 |
| 2015 | 62 | 68 |
| 2016 | 64 | 85 |
| 2017 | 82 | 75 |
| 2018 | 63 | 85 |
| 2019 | 90 | 89 |
| 2020 | 82 | 87 |
| 2021 | 72 | 97 |
| 2022 | 84 | 109 |
| 2023 | 74 | 89 |
| 2024 | 66 | 82 |
| 2025 | 78 | 90 |
| 2026 | 36 | 65 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/3632Characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means1,450
- G02B 6/3648Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures1,113
- G02B 6/3684Characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier674
- G02B 6/36642d cross sectional arrangements of the fibres439
- G02B 6/368With pitch conversion between input and output plane141
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- Molded fiber connector assembly for pluggable optical mcp24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287837 A1Altera Corporation
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