G02B 6/444
Systems or boxes with surplus lengths
Official title: {Systems or boxes with surplus lengths}
G02B6/444 (Systems or boxes with surplus lengths) appears on 4,073 US grants and 4,019 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 4,073
- Published applications
- 4,019
- Assignees
- 738
- Inventors
- 4,656
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 25 | 0 |
| 1988 | 29 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 30 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 39 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 36 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 38 | 0 |
| 1997 | 49 | 0 |
| 1998 | 77 | 0 |
| 1999 | 52 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 0 |
| 2001 | 91 | 3 |
| 2002 | 88 | 66 |
| 2003 | 76 | 76 |
| 2004 | 90 | 68 |
| 2005 | 69 | 70 |
| 2006 | 69 | 118 |
| 2007 | 74 | 84 |
| 2008 | 104 | 109 |
| 2009 | 90 | 136 |
| 2010 | 109 | 172 |
| 2011 | 92 | 144 |
| 2012 | 92 | 103 |
| 2013 | 102 | 119 |
| 2014 | 121 | 145 |
| 2015 | 135 | 169 |
| 2016 | 170 | 182 |
| 2017 | 205 | 192 |
| 2018 | 166 | 194 |
| 2019 | 228 | 230 |
| 2020 | 221 | 263 |
| 2021 | 184 | 271 |
| 2022 | 197 | 245 |
| 2023 | 187 | 254 |
| 2024 | 186 | 240 |
| 2025 | 183 | 226 |
| 2026 | 122 | 140 |
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
- Plastic optical fiber, hybrid cable, patch cord, and active optical cable22 Sep 2026US 12,742,924 B2Nitto Denko Corporation
- Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays22 Sep 2026US 12,745,021 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
- 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
- Bladed chassis systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310267 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
- Optical terminal and method of assembling components of fiber network1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299240 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Optical fiber distribution apparatus539US 4,792,203 AADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 1988