G02B 6/4203
Optical features
Official title: {Optical features}
G02B6/4203 (Optical features) appears on 517 US grants and 362 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 517
- Published applications
- 362
- Assignees
- 343
- Inventors
- 1,130
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 17 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 7 |
| 2002 | 26 | 29 |
| 2003 | 17 | 36 |
| 2004 | 21 | 24 |
| 2005 | 20 | 19 |
| 2006 | 19 | 3 |
| 2007 | 12 | 13 |
| 2008 | 10 | 11 |
| 2009 | 13 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 5 |
| 2014 | 10 | 8 |
| 2015 | 6 | 12 |
| 2016 | 12 | 7 |
| 2017 | 12 | 10 |
| 2018 | 14 | 18 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 |
| 2021 | 8 | 16 |
| 2022 | 14 | 21 |
| 2023 | 16 | 22 |
| 2024 | 15 | 14 |
| 2025 | 12 | 17 |
| 2026 | 11 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Dynamic concentrator system and method therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,754,413 B2PLX, Inc.
- Cooperation between laser and optical fiber22 Sep 2026US 12,742,937 B2Cyclone Biosciences, LLC
- Pluggable ROADM25 Aug 2026US 12,717,098 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Fiberoptic cable safety devices18 Aug 2026US 12,710,580 B2University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Multi-array parallel optical links21 Jul 2026US 12,687,682 B2AvicenaTech, Corp.
- High skew pump combiner27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251856 A1Lumentum Operations LLC
- Smart glasses27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251857 A1Shenzhen Yiwen Tech Limited
- Fiber-Coupled Optical System For Beam Shaping6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227582 A1Printoptix GmbH
- Augmented reality display with freeform optics and integrated prescription lens23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211193 A1Google Inc.
- Transmitting-end fiber alignment device, an optical connector, and a method for transmitting-end fiber alignment11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160961 A1PhotonIX Labs, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultra-small optical probes, imaging optics, and methods for using same773US 6,445,939 B1LightLab Imaging, Inc. · 2002
- Sensor incorporating an optical fiber and a solid porous inorganic microsphere209US 5,496,997 A1996
- Methods and apparatus for filtering an optical fiber165US 6,222,970 B1Cirrex Corp. · 2001
- Medical and surgical laser probe I152US 4,693,244 ASurgical Laser Technologies, Inc. · 1987
- Apparatus for producing a spherical pattern of light and method of manufacture151US 4,693,556 ALaser Therapeutics, Inc. · 1987