G02B 13/006
At least one element being a compound optical element
Official title: {at least one element being a compound optical element, e.g. cemented elements}
G02B13/006 (At least one element being a compound optical element) appears on 651 US grants and 831 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Imaging optical system22 Sep 2026US 12,742,949 B2Sigma Corporation
- Cemented optical element, optical apparatus, and image pickup apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,730,284 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical lens assembly and electronic device1 Sep 2026US 12,724,244 B2Ningbo Sunny Automotive Optech Co., Ltd.
- Composite optical element and optical system including the same1 Sep 2026US 12,724,245 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Focal reducer14 Jul 2026US 12,681,367 B2Atlas Lens Co.
- Optical system and camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309960 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Ophthalmic lens8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309962 A1Young Optics Inc.
- Hybrid optical elements integrating homogeneous and heterogenous composition8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309988 A1
- Optical system and imaging apparatus including optical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299260 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Wide-angle lens1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299261 A1Nidec Instruments Corporation
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By later US patents
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- Objective lens and endoscope using the same132US 8,300,325 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp. · 2012
- Arrayed imaging systems having improved alignment and associated methods132US 9,418,193 B2OmniVision Technologies, Inc. · 2016