G01J 3/0208
Using focussing or collimating elements
Official title: {using focussing or collimating elements, e.g. lenses or mirrors; performing aberration correction}
G01J3/0208 (Using focussing or collimating elements) appears on 2,064 US grants and 2,271 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 63 | 66 |
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