G02B 6/4411
Matrix structure
Official title: {Matrix structure}
G02B6/4411 (Matrix structure) appears on 206 US grants and 164 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 206
- Published applications
- 164
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 387
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10 |
| 2003 | 14 | 16 |
| 2004 | 12 | 8 |
| 2005 | 13 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3 |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
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| 2019 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Efficient alignment structure for multiple connectors branching from a single optical cable5 May 2026US 12,619,045 B2Fujikura Ltd.
- Optical fiber cable28 Apr 2026US 12,613,387 B2NTT, Inc.
- Optical fiber cable17 Feb 2026US 12,554,090 B2Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- SZ strand retention of assymetrical optical fiber ribbon units by a conforming tensioned elastomer shell3 Feb 2026US 12,541,068 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Fiber optic cable terminal with a pushable stub cable9 Dec 2025US 12,493,157 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
- Sz strand retention of assymetrical optical fiber ribbon units by a conforming tensioned elastomer shell20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243986 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Fiber optic cable terminal with a pushable stub cable14 May 2026US 2026/0133391 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
- Ribbon with non-overlapping intermittent bonds between optical fiber subunits26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086309 A1
- High fiber density cable with flexible optical fiber ribbons27 Nov 2025US 2025/0362468 A1Prysmian S P A.
- Flexible indoor/outdoor high-fiber-count cable24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237835 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Micromodule cables and breakout cables therefor225US 8,934,747 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2015
- Hybrid electro-optic cable for free space laser antennas168US 6,931,183 B2Dominion Lasercom, Inc. · 2005
- Optical fiber cable with cushion members protecting optical fiber ribbon stack137US 6,749,446 B2Alcatel · 2004
- Bonded array of transmission media129US 4,900,126 AAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company · 1990
- Optical communication cable113US 4,078,853 ABell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated · 1978