G02B 6/4439
Auxiliary devices
Official title: {Auxiliary devices}
G02B6/4439 (Auxiliary devices) appears on 6,480 US grants and 5,945 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 6,480
- Published applications
- 5,945
- Assignees
- 1,372
- Inventors
- 7,806
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 82 | 0 |
| 1998 | 119 | 0 |
| 1999 | 81 | 0 |
| 2000 | 74 | 0 |
| 2001 | 133 | 10 |
| 2002 | 144 | 139 |
| 2003 | 160 | 154 |
| 2004 | 151 | 140 |
| 2005 | 125 | 145 |
| 2006 | 136 | 172 |
| 2007 | 116 | 141 |
| 2008 | 163 | 198 |
| 2009 | 135 | 190 |
| 2010 | 160 | 253 |
| 2011 | 133 | 213 |
| 2012 | 138 | 159 |
| 2013 | 156 | 192 |
| 2014 | 191 | 225 |
| 2015 | 202 | 253 |
| 2016 | 269 | 277 |
| 2017 | 297 | 291 |
| 2018 | 239 | 291 |
| 2019 | 343 | 338 |
| 2020 | 324 | 353 |
| 2021 | 274 | 360 |
| 2022 | 276 | 337 |
| 2023 | 256 | 334 |
| 2024 | 241 | 313 |
| 2025 | 233 | 289 |
| 2026 | 153 | 178 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Support frame assemblies for optical fiber management trays29 Sep 2026US 12,748,275 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
- Cable cassette with self-locking mounting feature structurally configured to provide enhanced access to a lower cassette29 Sep 2026US 12,748,276 B2Ppc Broadband, Inc.
- Butt closures and organizer assemblies therefor29 Sep 2026US 12,748,277 B2AFL Telecommunications LLC
- Device for providing enhanced feeding of a fiber optic cable through a connector29 Sep 2026US 12,748,278 B2Ppc Broadband, Inc.
- Plastic optical fiber, hybrid cable, patch cord, and active optical cable22 Sep 2026US 12,742,924 B2Nitto Denko Corporation
- Connection interfaces and related assemblies8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309951 A1Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
- High density fiber management system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309952 A1Panduit Corp.
- While-drilling fiber optic communication system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309953 A1Wuhan University of Technology
- Cable management system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309954 A1
- Bladed chassis systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310267 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible plastics vacuum cleaner core1,473US 5,778,939 ADual Voltage Co. Ltd. · 1998
- High-density fiber distribution frame835US 5,497,444 AADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 1996
- High-density fiber distribution frame603US 5,717,810 AADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 1998
- Fiber distribution frame system, cabinets, trays and fiber optic connector couplings556US 5,402,515 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1995
- Fiber termination block with angled slide556US 6,591,051 B2ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 2003