G02B 23/2407
Optical details
Official title: {Optical details}
G02B23/2407 (Optical details) appears on 2,956 US grants and 3,278 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 2,956
- Published applications
- 3,278
- Assignees
- 717
- Inventors
- 3,750
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 26 | 0 |
| 1988 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 17 | 0 |
| 1993 | 28 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 25 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 45 | 0 |
| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 11 |
| 2002 | 36 | 30 |
| 2003 | 32 | 24 |
| 2004 | 29 | 39 |
| 2005 | 17 | 39 |
| 2006 | 22 | 43 |
| 2007 | 23 | 76 |
| 2008 | 25 | 70 |
| 2009 | 43 | 107 |
| 2010 | 49 | 93 |
| 2011 | 69 | 79 |
| 2012 | 77 | 98 |
| 2013 | 85 | 128 |
| 2014 | 111 | 165 |
| 2015 | 109 | 147 |
| 2016 | 93 | 217 |
| 2017 | 157 | 332 |
| 2018 | 174 | 279 |
| 2019 | 241 | 277 |
| 2020 | 256 | 248 |
| 2021 | 200 | 226 |
| 2022 | 180 | 167 |
| 2023 | 148 | 128 |
| 2024 | 164 | 115 |
| 2025 | 115 | 91 |
| 2026 | 64 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes29 Sep 2026US 12,745,900 B2Zsquare Ltd.
- Endoscope imaging device and endoscope in which drive malfunction of lens drive unit is suppressed15 Sep 2026US 12,736,797 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Insertion apparatus and endoscope8 Sep 2026US 12,727,752 B2Olympus Corporation
- Optical fiber having an expanded light pattern8 Sep 2026US 12,727,960 B2Katalyst Surgical, LLC
- Endoscope8 Sep 2026US 12,730,299 B2Hoya Corporation
- Optical system and imaging apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287857 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Imaging System Including Two Image Sensors Enabling Multiple Imaging Modes24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287881 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Medical instrumentation utilizing narrowband imaging24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292322 A1Nsv LLC
- Laminated optical system and endoscope17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276951 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Disposable endoscope using plastic gradient-index lens27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251896 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscope1,018US 9,829,698 B2Panasonic Corporation · 2017
- Methods and systems for real-time structured light depth extraction and endoscope using real-time structured light depth extraction607US 6,503,195 B1The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 2003
- Structure of the distal end portion of an endoscope328US 5,427,087 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
- Method and apparatus for representing a work area in a three-dimensional structure314US 5,515,160 AAesculap AG · 1996
- Endoscope293US 7,780,593 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp. · 2010