G02B 6/4225
By a direct measurement of the degree of coupling
Official title: {by a direct measurement of the degree of coupling, e.g. the amount of light power coupled to the fibre or the opto-electronic element}
G02B6/4225 (By a direct measurement of the degree of coupling) appears on 519 US grants and 426 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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