G02B 9/04
Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their
Official title: having two components only
G02B9/04 (Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their) appears on 563 US grants and 597 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 563
- Published applications
- 597
- Assignees
- 221
- Inventors
- 890
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2023 | 31 | 41 |
| 2024 | 23 | 38 |
| 2025 | 54 | 26 |
| 2026 | 26 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Microscope objective lens, microscope device, and microscope optical system18 Aug 2026US 12,710,633 B2Nikon Corporation
- Imaging lens system, camera module, in-vehicle system, vehicle28 Jul 2026US 12,693,499 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Projection lens21 Jul 2026US 12,687,693 B2Young Optics Inc.
- Optical system21 Jul 2026US 12,687,696 B2Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Optical relay system23 Jun 2026US 12,663,566 B2Living Optics Limited
- Optical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309958 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Camera module1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299253 A1Seikoh Giken Co., Ltd.
- Optical system and optical device including the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251882 A1Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co., Ltd.
- Zoom optical system, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing the zoom optical system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251883 A1Nikon Corporation
- Optical system and image pickup apparatus13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235787 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Imaging apparatus having imaging lens487US 8,978,981 B2Honeywell International Inc. · 2015
- Optical arrangements for use with an array camera203US 8,804,255 B2Pelican Imaging Corporation · 2014
- Head/helmet mounted passive and active infrared imaging system with/without parallax169US 6,456,261 B12002
- Objective lens system for endoscopes141US 5,359,456 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Optical arrangements for use with an array camera121US 9,128,228 B2Pelican Imaging Corporation · 2015