G02B 6/3885
Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than
Official title: {Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type (optical ribbon cable G02B6/4403, G02B6/448)}
G02B6/3885 (Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than) appears on 2,655 US grants and 2,861 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 2,655
- Published applications
- 2,861
- Assignees
- 635
- Inventors
- 3,416
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 142 | 182 |
| 2025 | 108 | 155 |
| 2026 | 70 | 90 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Adapter shutter assembly with shutter retention cap22 Sep 2026US 12,742,935 B2US Conec Ltd.
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- Optical fiber assembly, plate, and optical module15 Sep 2026US 12,736,759 B2Hakusan Inc.
- 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.
- Method For Orienting And Terminating Polarization-Maintaining (PM) Optical Fiber And Forming A PM Optical Fiber Assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299213 A1OpTek Systems, Inc.
- Very small form factor shuttered fiber-optic adapter1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299214 A1US Conec Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fiber optic plug571US 6,648,520 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2003
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- Fiber optic connector receptacle assembly385US 6,079,881 AMolex Incorporated · 2000
- Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies for efficient deployment382US 7,090,407 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2006