G02B 6/38
Having fibre to fibre mating means
Official title: having fibre to fibre mating means
G02B6/38 (Having fibre to fibre mating means) appears on 11,668 US grants and 10,206 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 11,668
- Published applications
- 10,206
- Assignees
- 2,353
- Inventors
- 13,869
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 379 | 507 |
| 2024 | 412 | 470 |
| 2025 | 333 | 431 |
| 2026 | 227 | 306 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Ferrule, optical connector, and optical connector module6 Oct 2026US 12,754,380 B2Enplas Corporation
- Detachable light source supply apparatus and optical transceiver having the same6 Oct 2026US 12,756,472 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Capillary and manufacturing method therefor29 Sep 2026US 12,748,264 B2Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
- Optical fibre connector assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309925 A1
- Outdoor waterproof fiber optic connector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309927 A1Ucl Trading Co., Ltd.
- Efficient Deployment of Large-Scale Network Nodes Using Pre-Installed Fiber Connectivity8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309928 A1Ciena Corporation
- Optical interconnect with tandem ferrule8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309929 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Optical connector and optical connection structure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309930 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Smart recognition apparatus and method2,089US 6,068,627 AValleylab, Inc. · 2000
- One-piece SC adapter889US 5,317,663 AADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 1994
- High-density fiber distribution frame835US 5,497,444 AADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 1996
- Smart recognition apparatus and method675US 7,044,949 B2Sherwood Services AG · 2006
- Fiber optic receptacle616US 6,579,014 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2003