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G02B 6/3688

Using laser ablation

Official title: {using laser ablation}

G02B6/3688 (Using laser ablation) appears on 49 US grants and 47 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 49
Published applications: 47
Assignees: 37
Inventors: 143
Latest grant: 21 Jul 2026

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G02B 6/3688: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1986	1	0
1987	0	0
1988	0	0
1989	0	0
1990	0	0
1991	3	0
1992	0	0
1993	0	0
1994	1	0
1995	1	0
1996	0	0
1997	0	0
1998	0	0
1999	3	0
2000	0	0
2001	0	0
2002	1	2
2003	2	6
2004	6	6
2005	3	6
2006	5	3
2007	5	1
2008	2	1
2009	1	2
2010	1	2
2011	2	0
2012	0	1
2013	1	1
2014	1	0
2015	0	0
2016	0	0
2017	0	0
2018	0	1
2019	0	2
2020	2	1
2021	0	1
2022	2	1
2023	1	3
2024	0	4
2025	2	2
2026	3	1

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.

Recent patents

Fiber holders and associated methods for maintaining relative orientiation of fibers therein21 Jul 2026US 12,687,679 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
Optical fiber positioning apparatus comprising one or more apparatus alignment features7 Jul 2026US 12,674,940 B2Intel Corporation
Optical fiber positioning apparatus23 Jun 2026US 12,663,590 B2Intel Corporation
Laser process for processing ferrules used in non- contact optical connectors8 Jul 2025US 12,353,018 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
Methods for laser bonding optical elements to substrates and optical assemblies fabricated by the same18 Feb 2025US 12,228,772 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation

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