G02B 6/406
Of the ferrule type, connecting a plurality of pairs of ferrules
Official title: {of the ferrule type, connecting a plurality of pairs of ferrules}
G02B6/406 (Of the ferrule type, connecting a plurality of pairs of ferrules) appears on 123 US grants and 146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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