G02B 13/18
Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below: with lenses having
Official title: with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration {(G02B13/002 takes precedence)}
G02B13/18 (Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below: with lenses having) appears on 2,926 US grants and 3,240 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 2,926
- Published applications
- 3,240
- Assignees
- 497
- Inventors
- 2,640
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 13 |
| 2003 | 19 | 26 |
| 2004 | 25 | 35 |
| 2005 | 26 | 38 |
| 2006 | 36 | 31 |
| 2007 | 26 | 41 |
| 2008 | 37 | 45 |
| 2009 | 36 | 47 |
| 2010 | 52 | 76 |
| 2011 | 46 | 74 |
| 2012 | 56 | 96 |
| 2013 | 109 | 122 |
| 2014 | 135 | 193 |
| 2015 | 152 | 207 |
| 2016 | 191 | 191 |
| 2017 | 162 | 148 |
| 2018 | 134 | 192 |
| 2019 | 192 | 215 |
| 2020 | 177 | 242 |
| 2021 | 189 | 287 |
| 2022 | 159 | 229 |
| 2023 | 168 | 179 |
| 2024 | 200 | 184 |
| 2025 | 190 | 210 |
| 2026 | 102 | 115 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Wide-angle lens assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,754,401 B2Asia Optical Co., Inc.
- Zoom lens and imaging apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,748,289 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Stereoscopic optical system and image pickup apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,742,945 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,742,951 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Imaging Lighting Lenses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309897 A1
- Optical system and display apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299256 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Variable magnification optical system, optical equipment, and method for producing variable magnification optical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299267 A1Nikon Corporation
- Optical element for a lighting assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287144 A1Emergency Technology, Inc.
- Photographing lens system, image capturing unit and electronic device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287851 A1Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Imaging apparatus having imaging lens487US 8,978,981 B2Honeywell International Inc. · 2015
- Optical system for monitor cameras to be mounted on vehicles435US 5,648,835 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Optical element employing aspherical and binary grating optical surfaces427US 5,044,706 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1991
- Optical device and virtual image display device308US 7,418,170 B2Sony Corporation · 2008
- Imaging using a multifocal aspheric lens to obtain extended depth of field271US 6,927,922 B2University of Rochester · 2005