Processes or apparatus adapted for installing optical fibres or optical cables (installation of cables containing electric conductors and optical fibres H02G)

Introduced: January 1995

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Processes or apparatus adapted for installing optical fibres or optical cables

CPC: Processes or apparatus adapted for installing optical fibres or optical cables (installation of cables containing electric conductors and optical fibres H02G)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings > Processes or apparatus adapted for installing optical fibres or optical cables

CPC:

Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings > Processes or apparatus adapted for installing optical fibres or optical cables (installation of cables containing electric conductors and optical fibres H02G)

Of 4 combined children, 2 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 1995.

Child Classifications

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G02B 6/47 +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
G02B 6/48 Overhead installation since 1995 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G02B 6/50 Underground or underwater installation; Installation through tubing, conduits or ducts since 1995 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G02B 6/56 +3 CPC CPC only CPC only

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