G02B 5/005
Diaphragms
Official title: {Diaphragms (for cameras G03B9/02)}
G02B5/005 (Diaphragms) appears on 1,902 US grants and 2,156 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,902
- Published applications
- 2,156
- Assignees
- 622
- Inventors
- 2,922
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12 |
| 2003 | 13 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 22 |
| 2005 | 19 | 31 |
| 2006 | 22 | 15 |
| 2007 | 11 | 35 |
| 2008 | 13 | 25 |
| 2009 | 9 | 26 |
| 2010 | 24 | 41 |
| 2011 | 27 | 40 |
| 2012 | 31 | 31 |
| 2013 | 35 | 47 |
| 2014 | 40 | 64 |
| 2015 | 55 | 186 |
| 2016 | 104 | 147 |
| 2017 | 141 | 244 |
| 2018 | 202 | 182 |
| 2019 | 163 | 177 |
| 2020 | 159 | 168 |
| 2021 | 158 | 163 |
| 2022 | 106 | 130 |
| 2023 | 115 | 116 |
| 2024 | 99 | 100 |
| 2025 | 105 | 95 |
| 2026 | 70 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Light fixture including a three-bar frame solver for shutter control6 Oct 2026US 12,753,906 B2Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
- Optical system and image pickup apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,748,287 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Blade driving device, camera device and electronic apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,742,915 B2New Shicoh Motor Co., Ltd.
- Optical computing device and optical computing method15 Sep 2026US 12,736,721 B2Fujikura Ltd.
- Imaging lens comprising seven to nine lenses having independent resin lens sets and imaging device15 Sep 2026US 12,736,782 B2Tamron Co., Ltd.
- Light fixture including a three-bar frame solver for shutter control1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298444 A1Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
- Photographing optical lens system, image capturing unit and electronic device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299263 A1Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Optical member driving mechanism17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276942 A1Actutek Corporation
- Variable magnification optical system, optical apparatus, and method for producing variable magnification optical system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276960 A1Nikon Corporation
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277014 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods701US 9,791,700 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Autofocus lens system for indicia readers413US 9,224,022 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2015
- Electrostatically actuatable light modulating device219US 5,062,689 A1991
- Optical system for endoscopes171US 4,902,115 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Electro-optic aperture for vehicular imaging system169US 6,426,492 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2002