G02B 6/3672
With fibres arranged in a regular matrix array
Official title: {with fibres arranged in a regular matrix array}
G02B6/3672 (With fibres arranged in a regular matrix array) appears on 220 US grants and 243 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Imaging fiber optic array sensors, apparatus, and methods for concurrently detecting multiple analytes of interest in a fluid sample301US 5,244,636 ATrustees of Tufts College · 1993
- System and method employing LED light sources for a projection display246US 6,224,216 B1InFocus Corporation · 2001
- Fiber optic coupling system116US 4,783,137 A1988
- Fiber optic connector with ferrule boot90US 9,684,136 B2Corning Optical Communications LLC · 2017
- Optical fiber alignment method78US 5,135,590 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1992