G02B 7/16
Rotatable turrets
G02B7/16 (Rotatable turrets) appears on 167 US grants and 163 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 167
- Published applications
- 163
- Assignees
- 102
- Inventors
- 284
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 | 15 |
| 2017 | 9 | 27 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9 |
| 2022 | 15 | 8 |
| 2023 | 8 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Variable print chamber walls for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing11 Aug 2026US 12,703,145 B2Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Method of providing an assembled image using digital microscope, digital microscope system, and program for providing an assembled image using a digital microscope17 Mar 2026US 12,578,569 B2PreciPoint GmbH
- Chamber systems for additive manufacturing23 Dec 2025US 12,502,831 B2Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Optical element part including at least two optical characteristic regions, and turret, optical element device, and camera including the same9 Dec 2025US 12,493,164 B2Znonz Co., Ltd.
- Enclosed additive manufacturing system18 Nov 2025US 12,472,689 B2Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Optical apparatus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219474 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Chamber Systems For Additive Manufacturing9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192513 A1Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Microscope objective lens turret and microscope18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169276 A1AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Optical device and imaging apparatus11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160974 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Enclosed Additive Manufacturing System14 May 2026US 2026/0131533 A1Seurat Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Add-on device with configurable optics for an image scanner for scanning barcodes146US 9,697,401 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2017
- Ocular turret telescope system47US 5,121,220 AJason Empire, Inc. · 1992
- Multiple magnification stereo video telescope objective lens system45US 6,219,182 B1McKinley Optics, Inc. · 2001
- Projector for digital cinema44US 6,587,159 B1Texas Instruments Incorporated · 2003
- Illuminating apparatus for a microscope41US 5,517,353 ANikon Corporation · 1996