G02B 9/34
Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their
Official title: having four components only
G02B9/34 (Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their) appears on 1,188 US grants and 1,163 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,188
- Published applications
- 1,163
- Assignees
- 243
- Inventors
- 1,193
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 56 | 51 |
| 2024 | 51 | 48 |
| 2025 | 55 | 41 |
| 2026 | 37 | 54 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lens assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,754,393 B2Asia Optical Co., Inc.
- Photographing system lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device8 Sep 2026US 12,730,281 B2Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Zoom optical system, optical apparatus, imaging apparatus and method for manufacturing the zoom optical system1 Sep 2026US 12,724,251 B2Nikon Corporation
- Wearable electronic device including lens assembly1 Sep 2026US 12,724,268 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Photography optical lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device18 Aug 2026US 12,710,621 B2Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Imaging Lighting Lenses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309897 A1
- Optical imaging system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299254 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Optical system, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing the optical system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287850 A1Nikon Corporation
- Optical system and camera module24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287854 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Laminated optical system and endoscope17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276951 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
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By later US patents
- Plastic lens system for vehicle imaging system729US 6,757,109 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2004
- Optical lens system for taking image187US 7,643,225 B1Largan Precision Co., Ltd. · 2010
- Ojective lens for endoscope186US 4,984,878 AFuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Electronic endoscope184US 6,476,851 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Optical lens system for taking image176US 7,869,142 B2Largan Precision Co., Ltd. · 2011