G02B 9/00
Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their
Official title: Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or - (G02B15/00 takes precedence)
G02B9/00 (Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their) appears on 7,061 US grants and 7,765 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 7,061
- Published applications
- 7,765
- Assignees
- 696
- Inventors
- 3,664
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 33 | 0 |
| 1977 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | 21 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 26 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 28 | 0 |
| 1984 | 39 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 31 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 32 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 6 |
| 2002 | 24 | 21 |
| 2003 | 24 | 36 |
| 2004 | 28 | 52 |
| 2005 | 34 | 52 |
| 2006 | 65 | 52 |
| 2007 | 43 | 71 |
| 2008 | 57 | 70 |
| 2009 | 76 | 82 |
| 2010 | 76 | 85 |
| 2011 | 70 | 71 |
| 2012 | 64 | 109 |
| 2013 | 104 | 145 |
| 2014 | 165 | 272 |
| 2015 | 250 | 416 |
| 2016 | 340 | 421 |
| 2017 | 444 | 476 |
| 2018 | 394 | 497 |
| 2019 | 561 | 770 |
| 2020 | 567 | 744 |
| 2021 | 489 | 768 |
| 2022 | 546 | 774 |
| 2023 | 559 | 479 |
| 2024 | 642 | 441 |
| 2025 | 546 | 476 |
| 2026 | 322 | 379 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 9/64Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their2,030
- G02B 9/62Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their1,811
- G02B 9/60Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their1,566
- G02B 9/34Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their1,188
- G02B 9/12Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their909
- G02B 9/04Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their563
- G02B 9/02Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their49
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