G02B 9/12
Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their
Official title: having three components only
G02B9/12 (Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their) appears on 909 US grants and 915 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 909
- Published applications
- 915
- Assignees
- 278
- Inventors
- 1,107
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 8 |
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| 2004 | 6 | 15 |
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| 2020 | 41 | 74 |
| 2021 | 66 | 81 |
| 2022 | 63 | 64 |
| 2023 | 53 | 54 |
| 2024 | 42 | 46 |
| 2025 | 49 | 52 |
| 2026 | 46 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Stereoscopic optical system and image pickup apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,742,945 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical image capturing system15 Sep 2026US 12,736,787 B2Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
- Projection system and illumination device15 Sep 2026US 12,736,788 B2Triple Win Technology(Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
- Virtual reality apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,717,151 B2Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co., Ltd.
- Thin dual-aperture zoom digital camera18 Aug 2026US 12,710,665 B2Corephotonics Ltd.
- Imaging Lighting Lenses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309897 A1
- Optical imaging system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309959 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Optical imaging system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299254 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Attachment lens24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287853 A1Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
- Optical system and camera module24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287854 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for multiple camera devices and method of operating same466US 7,199,348 B2Newport Imaging Corporation · 2007
- Imaging lens209US 6,795,253 B2Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd. · 2004
- Digital cameras with direct luminance and chrominance detection208US 7,964,835 B2Protarius Filo AG, L.L.C. · 2011
- Single focus lens192US 7,408,725 B2Fujinon Corporation · 2008
- Electronic endoscope184US 6,476,851 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2002