G02B 6/3849

Using mechanical protective elements

Official title: {using mechanical protective elements, e.g. caps, hoods, sealing membranes (G02B6/3816 takes precedence; provisionally see H01R13/44)}

G02B6/3849 (Using mechanical protective elements) appears on 1,205 US grants and 1,154 published applications in this corpus.

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Published applications: 1,154
Assignees: 374
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Latest grant: 22 Sep 2026

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G02B 6/3849: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	3	0
1977	1	0
1978	5	0
1979	3	0
1980	2	0
1981	2	0
1982	2	0
1983	4	0
1984	2	0
1985	3	0
1986	2	0
1987	7	0
1988	5	0
1989	2	0
1990	5	0
1991	8	0
1992	16	0
1993	14	0
1994	5	0
1995	8	0
1996	14	0
1997	12	0
1998	14	0
1999	13	0
2000	17	0
2001	28	7
2002	26	19
2003	27	30
2004	33	34
2005	23	30
2006	24	30
2007	30	28
2008	26	30
2009	28	32
2010	32	41
2011	24	42
2012	25	31
2013	35	38
2014	38	45
2015	47	49
2016	55	56
2017	56	53
2018	56	55
2019	55	63
2020	75	85
2021	49	74
2022	62	69
2023	49	63
2024	54	55
2025	52	63
2026	27	32

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