CPC Main Group
G02B 6/00 Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
Filing statistics
CPC G02B 6/00 belongs to the parent subclass G02B, which recorded 623,096 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 43,600 in 2013 to 50,077 in 2023 (+15%), peaking at 66,341 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class G02 are SAMSUNG DISPLAY (14,409 applications), BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (14,236 applications) and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (11,826 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- G02B 6/02 Optical fibres with cladding
- G02B 6/04 formed by bundles of fibres (G02B6/24 takes precedence)
- G02B 6/10 of the optical waveguide type (G02B6/02, G02B6/24 take precedence; devices or arrangements for the control of light by electric, magnetic, electro-magnetic or acoustic means G02F1/00; transferring the modulation of modulated light G02F2/00; optical logic elements G02F3/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F7/00)
- G02B 6/24 Coupling light guides
- G02B 6/44 Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables (cables incorporating electric conductors and optical fibres H01B11/22)
- G02B 6/46 Processes or apparatus adapted for installing optical fibres or optical cables (installation of cables containing electric conductors and optical fibres H02G)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 14,409
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 14,236
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 11,826
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 10,141
- FUJIFILM JP 8,506
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 7,558
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 6,306
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 5,336
- SONY CORPORATION JP 5,097
- CANON JP 4,814