G02B 6/3632
Characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means
Official title: {characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means}
G02B6/3632 (Characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means) appears on 1,450 US grants and 1,244 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2025 | 37 | 49 |
| 2026 | 17 | 41 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Optical fiber assembly, plate, and optical module15 Sep 2026US 12,736,759 B2Hakusan Inc.
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- Fiber holders and associated methods for maintaining relative orientiation of fibers therein21 Jul 2026US 12,687,679 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Fiber optic cable structure including foldable fiber optic cable with coupler therefor and related method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299226 A1GLOBALFOUNDRIES U. S. Inc.
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- Optical connector and receptacle for co-packaged optics10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267074 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Optical fiber arrangement method, optical fiber fusion splicing method, method for manufacturing optical fiber ribbon with connector, and intermittently connected optical fiber ribbon3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259376 A1Fujikura Ltd.
- Fiber array unit adapter with high-contrast fiducial structures27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251852 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
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