G01J 1/0411
Using focussing or collimating elements, i.e. lenses or mirrors
Official title: {using focussing or collimating elements, i.e. lenses or mirrors; Aberration correction}
G01J1/0411 (Using focussing or collimating elements, i.e. lenses or mirrors) appears on 661 US grants and 720 published applications in this corpus.
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