G02B 7/105
With movable lens means specially adapted for focusing at close distances
Official title: with movable lens means specially adapted for focusing at close distances
G02B7/105 (With movable lens means specially adapted for focusing at close distances) appears on 141 US grants and 107 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 141
- Published applications
- 107
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 197
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 16 |
| 2018 | 10 | 5 |
| 2019 | 12 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Actuator for driving zoom3 Mar 2026US 12,566,310 B2Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Optical element driving mechanism9 Dec 2025US 12,493,160 B2TDK Taiwan Corp.
- Optical unit, image pickup apparatus, endoscope and driving method of optical unit9 Dec 2025US 12,493,176 B2Olympus Corporation
- Camera device and focus setting method12 Feb 2026US 2026/0046517 A1Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
- Lens driving device, camera module, and portable device4 Dec 2025US 2025/0370217 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Vibration type actuator, lens barrel, image capturing apparatus, and stage apparatus9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314851 A1
- Optical system, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing the optical system2 Oct 2025US 2025/0306349 A1Nikon Corporation
- Photographing lens assembly, lens assembly driving module and electronic device14 Aug 2025US 2025/0258354 A1Largan Digital Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Telephoto lens131US 3,942,876 APonder & Best, Inc. · 1976
- Zoom lens assembly with switching mechanism from or to zooming photographing to or from macro photographing32US 4,506,959 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1985
- Wide-angle attachment for varifocal objective27US 4,110,005 ABolex International SA · 1978
- Control element for displacing components of optical systems25US 3,931,629 AJos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH · 1976
- Zoom lens barrel for macrophotographing25US 4,346,967 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1982