G02B 6/3846
With fibre stubs
Official title: {with fibre stubs}
G02B6/3846 (With fibre stubs) appears on 520 US grants and 521 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 6 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Optical connector28 Apr 2026US 12,613,380 B2Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
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- Laser source transmission system and manufacturing method of the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280715 A1AuthenX Inc.
- Fiber optic connector with boot or coupler that is removeable and/or mountable after affixation of the fiber optic connector to a cable10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267081 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
- Self-aligning optical fiber insertion connector system and method4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153678 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Flexible fiber optic circuits and methods of manufacturing the same4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153682 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
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By later US patents
- Fiber optic diversion connector238US 5,825,955 AMolex Incorporated · 1998
- Field-installable fiber optic ribbon connector and installation tool208US 6,439,780 B1Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2002
- Field installable multifiber connector204US 6,173,097 B2Siecor Operations, LLC · 2001
- Fiber optic connector199US 6,022,150 AThe Whitaker Corporation · 2000
- Optical connector and housing for optical connector191US 6,179,482 B2Fujikura Ltd. · 2001