G02B 7/09
Adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification
Official title: adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification
G02B7/09 (Adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification) appears on 1,819 US grants and 2,195 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,819
- Published applications
- 2,195
- Assignees
- 320
- Inventors
- 2,076
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 9 |
| 2013 | 7 | 36 |
| 2014 | 15 | 63 |
| 2015 | 45 | 95 |
| 2016 | 79 | 120 |
| 2017 | 101 | 166 |
| 2018 | 121 | 181 |
| 2019 | 160 | 228 |
| 2020 | 187 | 270 |
| 2021 | 186 | 262 |
| 2022 | 210 | 253 |
| 2023 | 227 | 142 |
| 2024 | 203 | 133 |
| 2025 | 187 | 149 |
| 2026 | 77 | 70 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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