H01S 5/02251
Using optical fibres
Official title: using optical fibres
H01S5/02251 (Using optical fibres) appears on 1,706 US grants and 1,851 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01S- Granted patents
- 1,706
- Published applications
- 1,851
- Assignees
- 585
- Inventors
- 3,323
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 24 | 12 |
| 2002 | 46 | 108 |
| 2003 | 67 | 142 |
| 2004 | 80 | 108 |
| 2005 | 89 | 110 |
| 2006 | 86 | 80 |
| 2007 | 54 | 48 |
| 2008 | 58 | 50 |
| 2009 | 51 | 60 |
| 2010 | 48 | 47 |
| 2011 | 34 | 55 |
| 2012 | 42 | 63 |
| 2013 | 45 | 52 |
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| 2015 | 60 | 69 |
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| 2017 | 65 | 92 |
| 2018 | 76 | 113 |
| 2019 | 102 | 92 |
| 2020 | 92 | 94 |
| 2021 | 64 | 79 |
| 2022 | 47 | 70 |
| 2023 | 53 | 64 |
| 2024 | 61 | 50 |
| 2025 | 34 | 49 |
| 2026 | 26 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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