G02B 21/361
Optical details
Official title: {Optical details, e.g. image relay to the camera or image sensor (G02B21/364 takes precedence; illumination details G02B21/06 and subgroups)}
G02B21/361 (Optical details) appears on 1,143 US grants and 1,408 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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