G02B 17/008
Systems specially adapted to form image relays or chained systems
Official title: {Systems specially adapted to form image relays or chained systems}
G02B17/008 (Systems specially adapted to form image relays or chained systems) appears on 283 US grants and 250 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 283
- Published applications
- 250
- Assignees
- 147
- Inventors
- 425
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 2004 | 6 | 8 |
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| 2020 | 22 | 9 |
| 2021 | 13 | 11 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Exposure apparatus, optical projection apparatus and a method for adjusting the optical projection apparatus256US 6,795,169 B2Nikon Corporation · 2004
- Optical system of collimation notably for helmet display unit214US 5,453,877 AThomson-CSF · 1995
- Optical redirection adapter141US 9,304,376 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2016
- Spectroscopic ellipsometer and polarimeter systems106US 7,616,319 B1James D. Welch · 2009
- Exposure apparatus, optical projection apparatus and a method for adjusting the optical projection apparatus90US 5,729,331 ANikon Corporation · 1998