G02B 6/4478
Bending relief means
Official title: {Bending relief means}
G02B6/4478 (Bending relief means) appears on 305 US grants and 295 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 305
- Published applications
- 295
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 576
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 3 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 9 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 |
| 2009 | 7 | 6 |
| 2010 | 8 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8 | 10 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13 |
| 2016 | 18 | 22 |
| 2017 | 18 | 17 |
| 2018 | 11 | 15 |
| 2019 | 30 | 28 |
| 2020 | 21 | 14 |
| 2021 | 16 | 23 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 |
| 2023 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 12 | 17 |
| 2025 | 10 | 18 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Telecommunication fiber optic cable distribution apparatus416US 5,339,379 ATelect, Inc. · 1994
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