G02B 6/4484
With desired surplus length between fibres and protection features
Official title: {with desired surplus length between fibres and protection features}
G02B6/4484 (With desired surplus length between fibres and protection features) appears on 108 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 67
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- 228
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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