G02B 15/163
Having a first movable lens or lens group and a second movable
Official title: having a first movable lens or lens group and a second movable lens or lens group, both in front of a fixed lens or lens group (G02B15/177 takes precedence)
G02B15/163 (Having a first movable lens or lens group and a second movable) appears on 699 US grants and 648 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,742,952 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Zoom lens, and imaging apparatus including the same11 Aug 2026US 12,704,702 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus and image pickup system having the same2 Jun 2026US 12,645,058 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Zoom optical system, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing the zoom optical system19 May 2026US 12,631,853 B2Nikon Corporation
- Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus10 Mar 2026US 12,572,003 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Lens device and imaging apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261749 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Zoom optical system, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing the zoom optical system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251883 A1Nikon Corporation
- Variable magnification optical system and imaging apparatus25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177793 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Optical lens, camera module, and electronic device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169359 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Zoom optical system, optical device and method for manufacturing the zoom optical system28 May 2026US 2026/0147197 A1Nikon Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Zoom lens and image pick up apparatus including the same141US 7,187,504 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2007
- Camera module41US 10,334,146 B2Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. · 2019
- Zoom lens of rear focus type41US 5,299,064 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1994
- Zoom lens41US 5,638,216 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Compact zoom lens and a camera using the zoom lens39US 6,353,506 B1Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2002