G02B 6/3853
Lens inside the ferrule
Official title: {Lens inside the ferrule (lensed connectors G02B6/32)}
G02B6/3853 (Lens inside the ferrule) appears on 390 US grants and 497 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 390
- Published applications
- 497
- Assignees
- 141
- Inventors
- 661
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 17 | 27 |
| 2026 | 14 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for minimizing perturbation in optics due to thermal deformation6 Oct 2026US 12,754,379 B2PLX, Inc.
- Lens fabrication of optical fibers with laser exposure25 Aug 2026US 12,717,084 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Large-NA connector for CPO applications25 Aug 2026US 12,717,093 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Fiber optic connectors having one or more optical terminals9 Jun 2026US 12,650,560 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Achromatic optical subassembly2 Jun 2026US 12,645,072 B2Ezconn Corporation
- Fiber optic connectors having one or more optical terminals24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287826 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Lens-based connector assemblies having precision alignment features and methods for fabricating the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267079 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Optical module receiving-end optical structure13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235816 A1Blovelight (Guangdong) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
- High-density low-loss detachable optical connector system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235818 A1Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
- Fiber-Coupled Optical System For Beam Shaping6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227582 A1Printoptix GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fiber optic interface with translatable ferrule device135US 8,651,749 B2Corning Incorporated · 2014
- Fiber- or rod-based optical source featuring a large-core, rare-earth-doped photonic-crystal device for generation of high-power pulsed radiation and method97US 7,391,561 B2Aculight Corporation · 2008
- Multi-stage optical amplifier having photonic-crystal waveguides for generation of high-power pulsed radiation and associated method87US 7,440,175 B2Aculight Corporation · 2008
- Photonic-crystal-rod optical amplifier with sealed-hole endcap and associated method83US 7,835,068 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2010
- Simplified fiber optic connectors having lenses and method for making the same70US 10,209,454 B2Corning Optical Communications LLC · 2019