G02B 23/145
Zoom viewfinders
Official title: {Zoom viewfinders}
G02B23/145 (Zoom viewfinders) appears on 253 US grants and 119 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 253
- Published applications
- 119
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 303
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Display systems for sighting operations, and related methods, apparatus, and sight devices6 Nov 2025US 2025/0341727 A1Styled Brands Inc. (DBA Apex Optics)
- Distance-measuring target and bird watching scope30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334789 A1Jinhua Lanhai Photoelectricity Technology Co.,Ltd.
- Optical apparatus28 Aug 2025US 2025/0271733 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Extension for a magnification throw lever22 May 2025US 2025/0164737 A1Sheltered Wings Inc. d/b/a Vortex Optics
- Optical Data Insertion20 Feb 2025US 2025/0060578 A1Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gunsight and reticle therefor220US 5,920,995 A1999
- Gunsight and reticle therefor220US 6,032,374 A2000
- Lens shutter camera including zoom lens105US 4,944,030 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Apparatus and method for aiming point calculation105US 8,656,630 B2Horus Vision, LLC · 2014
- Telescopic sight having lens holder tube with half socket pivot mount103US 4,408,842 ALeupold & Stevens, Inc. · 1983