G02B 6/403
Of the ferrule type, connecting a pair of ferrules
Official title: {of the ferrule type, connecting a pair of ferrules}
G02B6/403 (Of the ferrule type, connecting a pair of ferrules) appears on 324 US grants and 278 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 169
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 16 | 38 |
| 2025 | 20 | 16 |
| 2026 | 12 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ferrule, optical connector, and optical connector module6 Oct 2026US 12,754,380 B2Enplas Corporation
- Ferrule, fiber connector, and ferrule production method25 Aug 2026US 12,717,091 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Adaptor for an optical connector14 Jul 2026US 12,681,240 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Array and duplex polarity schemes for optical links using multi-row optical connectors with signal inversion and crossover30 Jun 2026US 12,669,656 B2US Conec Ltd.
- Optical connector ferrule, optical connector, and production method for optical connector30 Jun 2026US 12,669,657 B2Nippon Tsushin Denzai Co., Ltd.
- Optical connector and optical connection structure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309930 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Optical waveguide device, optical connection structure, and optical connection method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287817 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Optical connector, ferrule, and optical connector module17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276901 A1Enplas Corporation
- Multi-connection optical fiber assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276906 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Optical module receiving-end optical structure13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235816 A1Blovelight (Guangdong) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Managed fiber connectivity systems218US 8,690,593 B2ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical illuminator201US 4,597,030 AAmerican Hospital Supply Corporation · 1986
- Methods and apparatus for filtering an optical fiber165US 6,222,970 B1Cirrex Corp. · 2001
- Method and apparatus for improved fiber optic light management147US 5,953,477 AVisionex, Inc. · 1999
- Solid-state light source144US 6,921,920 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2005