G02B 6/46
Processes or apparatus adapted for installing or repairing optical fibres or optical
Official title: Processes or apparatus adapted for installing {or repairing} optical fibres or optical cables (installation of cables containing electric conductors and optical fibres H02G)
G02B6/46 (Processes or apparatus adapted for installing or repairing optical fibres or optical) appears on 2,001 US grants and 1,853 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 2,001
- Published applications
- 1,853
- Assignees
- 701
- Inventors
- 3,166
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 47 | 46 |
| 2003 | 49 | 53 |
| 2004 | 38 | 50 |
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| 2006 | 40 | 57 |
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| 2020 | 109 | 97 |
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| 2022 | 81 | 111 |
| 2023 | 81 | 93 |
| 2024 | 76 | 95 |
| 2025 | 64 | 83 |
| 2026 | 41 | 53 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cable pulling arrangement1 Sep 2026US 12,724,219 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
- Routing tool for installation of fiber optic cables and method of using same25 Aug 2026US 12,717,109 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Apparatuses and methods for modular optical fiber furcation18 Aug 2026US 12,710,613 B2Belden Inc.
- Modular mounting bracket and method of mounting enclosures11 Aug 2026US 12,704,219 B2Preformed Line Products Company
- Splice closure apparatus and fiber optic distribution network11 Aug 2026US 12,704,693 B2AFL Telecommunications LLC
- Systems and methods for deploying and retrieving magnetically coupled temporary wireline fiber for broadside wave detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309022 A1
- While-drilling fiber optic communication system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309953 A1Wuhan University of Technology
- Method of Simultaneously Laying a Plurality of Elongate Flexible Members on the Seabed8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312380 A1NKT HV Cables AB
- Air-blowing optical cable1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299246 A1Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Co., Ltd.
- Optical cable member24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287842 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fiber optic plug571US 6,648,520 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2003
- Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies422US 7,090,406 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2006
- Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies having toning portions407US 7,113,679 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2006
- Connectorized inside fiber optic drop390US 6,668,127 B1BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation · 2003
- Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies for efficient deployment382US 7,090,407 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2006