G02B 13/0055
Employing a special optical element
Official title: {employing a special optical element}
G02B13/0055 (Employing a special optical element) appears on 2,071 US grants and 2,768 published applications in this corpus.
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- 452
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 246 | 253 |
| 2026 | 152 | 239 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Imaging optical system and image pickup apparatus having the same6 Oct 2026US 12,754,399 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Actuator assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,747,724 B2Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- Optical system and image pickup apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,748,287 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Imaging lens29 Sep 2026US 12,748,288 B2Guangzhou Luxvisions Innovation Technology Limited
- Imaging optical system22 Sep 2026US 12,742,949 B2Sigma Corporation
- Optical system and camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309960 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Ophthalmic lens8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309962 A1Young Optics Inc.
- Camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309963 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Hybrid optical elements integrating homogeneous and heterogenous composition8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309988 A1
- Camera module and electronic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310052 A1Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Camera applications in a handheld device278US 8,439,265 B2Intel Corporation · 2013
- Vision system222US 7,423,821 B2Gentex Corporation · 2008
- Camera module with dual lens modules and image sensors216US 8,149,327 B2Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. · 2012
- Zoom related methods and apparatus210US 9,736,365 B2Light Labs Inc. · 2017
- Method and system for providing auto focus and optical image stabilization in a compact folded camera210US 9,927,600 B2Corephotonics Ltd. · 2018