G02B 6/26 Optical coupling means (G02B6/36, G02B6/42 take precedence)
Introduced: January 1985
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Optical coupling means
CPC: Optical coupling means (G02B6/36, G02B6/42 take precedence)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings > Coupling light guides > Optical coupling means
Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings > Coupling light guides > Optical coupling means (G02B6/36, G02B6/42 take precedence)
Of 9 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1985.
Child Classifications
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- G02B 6/27 with polarisation selective and adjusting means since 1995 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G02B 6/28 having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals since 1985 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G02B 6/30 for use between fibre and thin-film device since 1985 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G02B 6/35 having switching means (by changing the optical properties of the medium G02F1/00) since 1995 +11 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class G02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 13,460
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 11,745
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 10,908
- CANON 9,072
- FUJIFILM JP 7,957
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,805
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 6,558
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 5,855
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 5,817
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 4,579
Top Applicants (CPC)
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