Mechanical coupling means (G02B6/255, G02B6/42 take precedence)

Introduced: January 1985

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Mechanical coupling means

CPC: Mechanical coupling means (G02B6/255, G02B6/42 take precedence)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings > Coupling light guides > Mechanical coupling means

CPC:

Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings > Coupling light guides > Mechanical coupling means (G02B6/255, G02B6/42 take precedence)

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 4 additional codes.

4 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 1985.

Child Classifications

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G02B 6/3604 CPC only CPC only
G02B 6/3608 +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
G02B 6/3616 +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
G02B 6/3628 +5 CPC CPC only CPC only
G02B 6/38 having fibre to fibre mating means since 1985 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G02B 6/40 having fibre bundle mating means since 1985 +2 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