G02B 13/08
Anamorphotic objectives
G02B13/08 (Anamorphotic objectives) appears on 362 US grants and 299 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 362
- Published applications
- 299
- Assignees
- 205
- Inventors
- 626
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 8 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 |
| 2004 | 9 | 3 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 | 9 | 10 |
| 2007 | 6 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 |
| 2011 | 9 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9 |
| 2013 | 5 | 14 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 11 | 14 |
| 2017 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 21 | 19 |
| 2019 | 15 | 17 |
| 2020 | 16 | 22 |
| 2021 | 16 | 25 |
| 2022 | 13 | 16 |
| 2023 | 13 | 9 |
| 2024 | 17 | 23 |
| 2025 | 17 | 12 |
| 2026 | 10 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Applications for anamorphic lenses22 Sep 2026US 12,745,018 B2SoftEye, Inc.
- Anamorphic lens system with lens mounting structures18 Aug 2026US 12,710,626 B2Glass Imaging Inc.
- Imaging optical unit7 Apr 2026US 12,596,307 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Anamorphic directional illumination device24 Mar 2026US 12,585,094 B2RealD Spark, LLC
- Projection optics for optical computing17 Feb 2026US 12,554,281 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Internally slotted cam for lens system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211209 A1Panavision International, L.P.
- Imaging optical unit16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202752 A1Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Anamorphic lens assemblies28 May 2026US 2026/0147195 A1Atlas Lens Co.
- Astigmatism-reducing anamorphic lens assemblies21 May 2026US 2026/0140352 A1Atlas Lens Co.
- Camera of a mobile device for generating a telephoto image representation2 Apr 2026US 2026/0094242 A1Carl Zeiss AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Photographing optical lens assembly124US 7,821,724 B2Largan Precision Co., Ltd. · 2010
- Anamorphic lens for providing wide-screen images generated by a spatial light modulator89US 5,930,050 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1999
- High NA system for multiple mode imaging84US 6,064,517 AKLA-Tencor Corporation · 2000
- Astigmatizer for laser recording and reproducing system74US 3,983,317 ATeletype Corporation · 1976
- Near eye display prism optic assembly74US 8,125,716 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2012