G02B 13/20
Soft-focus objectives
G02B13/20 (Soft-focus objectives) appears on 45 US grants and 27 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 45
- Published applications
- 27
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 80
- Latest grant
- 3 Oct 2023
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Method for determining a deviation on a displacement path of an optical zoom lens and method for correction and image recording device3 Oct 2023US 11,774,706 B2Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
- Lens attachment for imparting stray light effects28 Mar 2023US 11,614,675 B2Garmin International, Inc.
- Optical imaging lens21 Mar 2023US 11,609,408 B2Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
- Optical system, optical apparatus, and image pickup apparatus21 Mar 2023US 11,609,410 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image capturing apparatus, control method for image capturing apparatus, and storage medium14 Feb 2023US 11,582,379 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Projection device for generating dynamic projections28 Aug 2025US 2025/0271745 A1FEV Group GmbH
- Method for determining a deviation on a displacement path of an optical zoom lens and method for correction and image recording device3 Nov 2022US 2022/0350107 A1Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
- Image capturing apparatus, control method for image capturing apparatus, and storage medium16 Jun 2022US 2022/0191384 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical imaging lens27 May 2021US 2021/0157095 A1Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
- Lens attachment for imparting stray light effects4 Mar 2021US 2021/0063847 A1Moondog Optics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Camera having soft focus filter66US 4,937,609 ANikon Corporation · 1990
- Soft focus lens system31US 5,267,086 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993
- Soft focus lens system30US 4,124,276 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1978
- Optical filter suitable for portrait photography19US 4,480,896 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984
- Aberration controllable optical system15US 5,841,590 ANikon Corporation · 1998