G02B 6/4472
Manifolds
Official title: {Manifolds}
G02B6/4472 (Manifolds) appears on 693 US grants and 742 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 693
- Published applications
- 742
- Assignees
- 205
- Inventors
- 1,024
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 12 | 14 |
| 2003 | 14 | 19 |
| 2004 | 12 | 9 |
| 2005 | 7 | 18 |
| 2006 | 15 | 18 |
| 2007 | 17 | 24 |
| 2008 | 24 | 32 |
| 2009 | 20 | 21 |
| 2010 | 20 | 33 |
| 2011 | 15 | 20 |
| 2012 | 13 | 16 |
| 2013 | 14 | 17 |
| 2014 | 21 | 29 |
| 2015 | 30 | 31 |
| 2016 | 36 | 40 |
| 2017 | 28 | 32 |
| 2018 | 31 | 38 |
| 2019 | 52 | 51 |
| 2020 | 42 | 60 |
| 2021 | 39 | 48 |
| 2022 | 43 | 48 |
| 2023 | 33 | 45 |
| 2024 | 44 | 36 |
| 2025 | 26 | 25 |
| 2026 | 17 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multiports and other devices having connection ports with securing features and methods of making the same4 Aug 2026US 12,699,231 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Optical devices having externally field-configurable splitting ratios and methods of using the same23 Jun 2026US 12,663,602 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- 12 fiber MPO to 16 fiber MPO conversion module16 Jun 2026US 12,656,563 B2Panduit Corp.
- Compact cable assembly2 Jun 2026US 12,645,026 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
- High density optical splitter with internal fanout device12 May 2026US 12,625,339 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Optical devices having externally field-configurable splitting ratios and methods of using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299245 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Photonic fabric chip device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251845 A1Panduit Corp.
- Adaptive cable assembly and method for construction27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251849 A1AFL Telecommunications LLC
- High density optical splitter with internal fanout device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243989 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Fiber optic pulling assembly with breakout30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219470 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fiber optic cable having spliceless fiber branch and method of making294US 5,125,060 AAlcatel NA Cable Systems, Inc. · 1992
- Adapter block including connector storage253US 7,194,181 B2ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 2007
- Drop cable with fiber optic connector and methods for fabricating same234US 7,463,803 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2008
- Preterminated optical cable214US 4,961,623 ASiecor Corporation · 1990
- Optical fiber cable having spliced fiber branch and method of making the same200US 5,210,812 AAlcatel NA Cable Systems, Inc. · 1993