G02B 6/3839
For a plurality of light guides
Official title: {for a plurality of light guides}
G02B6/3839 (For a plurality of light guides) appears on 609 US grants and 430 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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- Massive parallel optical interconnect system106US 6,045,270 AMethode Electronics, Inc. · 2000