G02B 6/4237
Welding
Official title: {Welding}
G02B6/4237 (Welding) appears on 257 US grants and 187 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 257
- Published applications
- 187
- Assignees
- 152
- Inventors
- 601
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 5 |
| 2002 | 12 | 38 |
| 2003 | 28 | 30 |
| 2004 | 24 | 19 |
| 2005 | 16 | 14 |
| 2006 | 18 | 3 |
| 2007 | 8 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical module1 Sep 2026US 12,724,213 B2Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Methods for welding an optical fiber to a photonic integrated circuit4 Aug 2026US 12,699,237 B2Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Optical interposers12 May 2026US 12,625,335 B2Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Package devices and methods of manufacture17 Feb 2026US 12,554,062 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Optical communication devices with selective signal preclusion3 Feb 2026US 12,541,060 B2Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Optical interposers20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243985 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Optical communication devices with selective signal preclusion21 May 2026US 2026/0140316 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Package devices and methods of manufacture7 May 2026US 2026/0126586 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Bosa device assembling apparatus and mounting method thereffor7 May 2026US 2026/0128796 A1Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Optical signal converter30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118606 A1Ezconn Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnetic clamp for holding ferromagnetic elements during connection thereof131US 6,607,304 B1JDS Uniphase Corporation · 2003
- Vertical cavity surface emitting laser array packaging83US 6,056,448 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 2000
- Fiberoptic support clip82US 5,619,609 AE-Tek Dynamics, Inc. · 1997
- Optoelectronic receiver and method of making an aligned optoelectronic receiver69US 6,825,458 B1Robert Bosch GmbH · 2004
- Optical composite module and method of assembling the same62US 5,661,835 ASumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. · 1997