G02B 6/4458
Coiled
Official title: {Coiled, e.g. extensible helix}
G02B6/4458 (Coiled) appears on 86 US grants and 83 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 83
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 182
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 8 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Deployable on-board optical fiber link for aerial drones11 Aug 2026US 12,703,518 B2Sedi-Ati Fibres Optiques
- System for applying pre-strain to an optical sensor21 Oct 2025US 12,449,282 B2Xerox Corporation
- Electrically conductive fiber optic slickline for coiled tubing operations2 Sep 2025US 12,405,436 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Systems and methods of managing cables in telecommunication systems20 May 2025US 12,306,452 B2AFL Telecommunications LLC
- Mounting bracket system for telecommunications equipment11 Feb 2025US 12,222,568 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
- While-drilling fiber optic communication system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309953 A1Wuhan University of Technology
- Cable management system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309954 A1
- Optical fiber ribbon storage device for use in splice closures29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029605 A1OFS Fitel, LLC
- Deployable on-board optical fibre link for aerial drones30 Oct 2025US 2025/0333197 A1Sedi-Ati Fibres Optiques
- Adjustable cable management system31 Jul 2025US 2025/0244552 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multifiber connector, installation tool and associated methods of validating optical fiber continuity81US 6,816,661 B1Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2004
- Construction of cable made of optical fibres46US 4,146,302 AGeneral Cable Corporation · 1979
- Multifiber connector, installation tool and associated methods of validating optical fiber continuity30US 6,931,193 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2005
- Pipeline cable deployment apparatus and method24US 6,561,488 B1Sensor Highway Limited · 2003
- Optical energy transfer and conversion system23US 9,090,315 B1Piedra-Sombra Corporation, Inc. · 2015