G02B 6/4298
Coupling with non-coherent light sources and/or radiation detectors
Official title: {coupling with non-coherent light sources and/or radiation detectors, e.g. lamps, incandescent bulbs, scintillation chambers}
G02B6/4298 (Coupling with non-coherent light sources and/or radiation detectors) appears on 1,234 US grants and 931 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 9 | 23 |
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