G02B 6/42
Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
G02B6/42 (Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements) appears on 20,832 US grants and 20,112 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2025 | 691 | 1030 |
| 2026 | 464 | 773 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/4201Packages17,032
- G02B 6/4292The light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element3,567
- G02B 6/43Arrangements comprising a plurality of opto-electronic elements and associated optical interconnections2,743
- G02B 6/4298Coupling with non-coherent light sources and/or radiation detectors1,234
- G02B 6/4296Coupling with sources of high radiant energy1,192
- G02B 6/4295Coupling with semiconductor devices activated by light through the light guide395
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- Detachable optical coupler with curved mirror8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309922 A1Intel Corporation
- Optical bridge interface with evanescent coupling8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309931 A1Intel Corporation
- Optical connector with kinematic coupling8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309932 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Light waveguide component and method for forming the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309933 A1Himax Technologies Limited
- Optical coupler with 3d stacked waveguides8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309934 A1Intel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Smart recognition apparatus and method2,089US 6,068,627 AValleylab, Inc. · 2000
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- Ultra-small optical probes, imaging optics, and methods for using same773US 6,445,939 B1LightLab Imaging, Inc. · 2002
- Pulse oximetry system with electrical decoupling circuitry734US 9,107,625 B2Masimo Corporation · 2015
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