G02B 17/0896
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)}
G02B17/0896 (With variable magnification or multiple imaging planes, including multispectral systems) appears on 314 US grants and 281 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Optical system18 Nov 2025US 12,472,711 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Display system and display device25 Sep 2025US 2025/0298241 A1Beijing Boe Display Technology Co., Ltd.
- Methods and devices for adjusting an image plane location on an offner elay29 May 2025US 2025/0172791 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Optical system15 May 2025US 2025/0153449 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Optical stack and display system15 May 2025US 2025/0153450 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Optical system and image pickup apparatus13 Mar 2025US 2025/0085513 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dual lens system for electronic camera241US 5,051,830 AMesserschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH · 1991
- Optical apparatus166US 6,437,925 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Variable mirror, optical apparatus and decentered optical system which include variable mirror, variable-optical characteristic optical element or combination thereof162US 6,464,363 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Solid catadioptric lens with two viewpoints136US 7,268,956 B2Electronic Scripting Products, Inc. · 2007
- Multi-special decentered catadioptric optical system135US 5,841,574 ARecon/Optical, Inc. · 1998