G02B 17/0694
With variable magnification or multiple imaging planes, including multispectral systems
Official title: {with variable magnification or multiple imaging planes, including multispectral systems (systems with only refractive elements G02B15/14)}
G02B17/0694 (With variable magnification or multiple imaging planes, including multispectral systems) appears on 79 US grants and 60 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 60
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for acquiring images of at least one celestial body and apparatus for implementing the method4 Nov 2025US 12,461,352 B2Unistellar
- Dioptric telescope for high resolution imaging in visible and infrared bands6 Jun 2023US 11,668,915 B2
- High speed variable focal field lens assembly and related methods21 Feb 2023US 11,586,033 B2Saikou Optics Incorporated
- Low magnification mode of operation for common mechanical axis field of view switching and image de-roll6 Dec 2022US 11,520,129 B2The United States of America as represented by the Scretary of the Army
- Cassegrain telescope with a segmented focal plane25 Oct 2022US 11,480,806 B2Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Catoptric System Using Scheimpflug Optics26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056473 A1KLA Corporation
- High viewing angle magnifying device4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277985 A1Far Vision Technology Co., Ltd.
- Multiple fields-of-view lens8 Jun 2023US 2023/0176350 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method for acquiring images of at least one celestial body and apparatus for implementing the method16 Feb 2023US 2023/0049756 A1Unistellar
- Low Magnification Mode of Operation for Common Mechanical Axis Field of View Switching and Image De-Roll6 Jan 2022US 2022/0003978 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
Most cited
By later US patents
- Real imaging system with reduced ghost imaging63US 6,798,579 B2Optical Products Development Corp. · 2004
- Reflecting type of zoom lens59US 6,021,004 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Reflection type angle of view transforming optical apparatus46US 5,854,713 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Optical systems having multiple simultaneous functions45US 5,386,316 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1995
- Catoptric zoom optical device43US 4,812,030 AThe Boeing Company · 1989