G02B 6/3888
Protection from over-extension or over-compression
Official title: {Protection from over-extension or over-compression}
G02B6/3888 (Protection from over-extension or over-compression) appears on 1,153 US grants and 808 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,153
- Published applications
- 808
- Assignees
- 352
- Inventors
- 1,510
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 26 | 17 |
| 2003 | 25 | 18 |
| 2004 | 12 | 11 |
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| 2022 | 37 | 23 |
| 2023 | 27 | 33 |
| 2024 | 20 | 30 |
| 2025 | 26 | 22 |
| 2026 | 11 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Fiber optic plug571US 6,648,520 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2003
- Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies422US 7,090,406 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2006
- Optical fiber ferrule connector having enhanced provisions for tuning418US 5,212,752 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1993
- Connector for optical fiber402US 5,481,634 AAT&T Corp. · 1996
- Field repairable hermaphroditic connector399US 6,234,683 B1Stratos Lightwave, Inc. · 2001