G02B 13/0095
Relay lenses or rod lenses
Official title: {Relay lenses or rod lenses (in instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies G02B23/2446)}
G02B13/0095 (Relay lenses or rod lenses) appears on 289 US grants and 284 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 289
- Published applications
- 284
- Assignees
- 175
- Inventors
- 504
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 15 |
| 2007 | 10 | 6 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 11 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 | 14 |
| 2016 | 20 | 34 |
| 2017 | 20 | 30 |
| 2018 | 25 | 15 |
| 2019 | 18 | 15 |
| 2020 | 13 | 12 |
| 2021 | 14 | 12 |
| 2022 | 12 | 16 |
| 2023 | 11 | 19 |
| 2024 | 19 | 13 |
| 2025 | 15 | 12 |
| 2026 | 12 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hand-held scanner8 Sep 2026US 12,727,753 B2Medit Corp.
- Focal reducer14 Jul 2026US 12,681,367 B2Atlas Lens Co.
- Optical relay system23 Jun 2026US 12,663,566 B2Living Optics Limited
- Panoramic lens2 Jun 2026US 12,645,057 B1
- Programmable multiple-point illuminator, confocal filter, confocal microscope and method to operate said confocal microscope12 May 2026US 12,625,356 B2Universitat De Barcelona
- Optical device and method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235876 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Optical device and method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219501 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Detection optical system, detection device, flow cytometer, and imaging cytometer16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202309 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Relay optical lens elements with at least one tir surface28 May 2026US 2026/0147193 A1Atieva, Inc.
- Imaging optical system, projection type display device, and imaging apparatus5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063879 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disposable endoscope142US 5,519,532 ALinvatec Corporation · 1996
- Promixity alignment using polarized illumination and double conjugate projection lens87US 5,072,126 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1991
- Planar diffractive relay78US 6,791,760 B2ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. · 2004
- Method of manufacture of a lens of transparent polymer having a modulated refractive index62US 5,258,024 AEssilor International (Compaigne Generale d'Optique) · 1993
- Borescopic optical system for medical diagnostic instruments and medical diagnostic instruments having interlocking assembly features40US 10,028,648 B2Welch Allyn, Inc. · 2018