Fujikura Ltd. Patent Application Trends in 2024

Fujikura Ltd. patent applications in 2024

Top 10 Technology Areas

• G02B6/448 (Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables (cables incorporating electric conductors and optical fibres {where features relating to the optical fibres are not of interest})
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20240231029. INTERMITTENTLY CONNECTED OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• G02B6/4403 (Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables (cables incorporating electric conductors and optical fibres {where features relating to the optical fibres are not of interest})
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20240231029. INTERMITTENTLY CONNECTED OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• B33Y10/00 (Processes of additive manufacturing)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20240100769. METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEREOLITHOGRAPHICALLY FABRICATED OBJECT simplified abstract (FUJIKURA LTD.)
• G02B5/18 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20240103207. OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMPUTING METHOD simplified abstract (FUJIKURA LTD.)
• B29C64/268 (SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240100769. METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEREOLITHOGRAPHICALLY FABRICATED OBJECT simplified abstract (FUJIKURA LTD.)
• G02B6/3866 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240184059. OPTICAL CONNECTOR CLEANING TOOL simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• B08B2240/02 (CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL (brushes)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240184059. OPTICAL CONNECTOR CLEANING TOOL simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• B29C64/124 (using layers of liquid which are selectively solidified)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240075686. OPTICAL SHAPING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• B33Y30/00 (Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240075686. OPTICAL SHAPING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• G06N3/067 (using optical means)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240078420. OPTICAL COMPUTATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMPUTATION METHOD simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)

Emerging Technology Areas

• H01P5/184 ({the guides being strip lines or microstrips})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240030574. POWER SPLITTER-COMBINER simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• B60N2/5678 (SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240155742. PLANAR HEATING ELEMENT simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• H05B3/34 (ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240155742. PLANAR HEATING ELEMENT simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• H01P5/16 (Conjugate devices, i.e. devices having at least one port decoupled from one other port)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240222837. SPLITTER-COMBINER AND CASCADE CONNECTION CIRCUIT simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• H01P5/08 (WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240222830. DIGITAL PHASE SHIFTER simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• H01P1/184 ({Strip line phase-shifters ()
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240222830. DIGITAL PHASE SHIFTER simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• H01P1/18 (Phase-shifters ()
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240222829. DIGITAL PHASE SHIFTER simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• G02B6/4486 (Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables (cables incorporating electric conductors and optical fibres {where features relating to the optical fibres are not of interest})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240219665. RETICULATED TUBE, OPTICAL FIBER PROTECTIVE UNIT, METHOD FOR PROTECTING OPTICAL FIBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RETICULATED TUBE simplified abstract (FUJIKURA LTD.)
• G02B6/3871 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240192451. MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL CONNECTOR simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)
• G02B6/3885 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240192451. MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL CONNECTOR simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.)

Top Inventors

• Ken Osato (9 patents)
• Hiroyuki Kusaka (8 patents)
• Masahiro Kashiwagi (8 patents)
• Akira Namazue (5 patents)
• Yusuke Uemichi (4 patents)
• Yuichiro Kunai (3 patents)
• Soichiro Kaneko (3 patents)
• Tomoaki Kaji (3 patents)
• Yoshie Murakoshi (2 patents)
• Masahiro Matsuda (2 patents)

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