G03B 13/32
Means for focusing
G03B13/32 (Means for focusing) appears on 3,458 US grants and 4,223 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 3,458
- Published applications
- 4,223
- Assignees
- 588
- Inventors
- 4,240
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 12 | 4 |
| 2002 | 20 | 17 |
| 2003 | 13 | 10 |
| 2004 | 11 | 18 |
| 2005 | 19 | 33 |
| 2006 | 18 | 74 |
| 2007 | 17 | 106 |
| 2008 | 27 | 127 |
| 2009 | 81 | 122 |
| 2010 | 117 | 106 |
| 2011 | 94 | 171 |
| 2012 | 130 | 145 |
| 2013 | 144 | 156 |
| 2014 | 168 | 144 |
| 2015 | 157 | 255 |
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| 2017 | 195 | 173 |
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| 2019 | 202 | 282 |
| 2020 | 227 | 342 |
| 2021 | 240 | 324 |
| 2022 | 279 | 295 |
| 2023 | 260 | 282 |
| 2024 | 248 | 258 |
| 2025 | 251 | 233 |
| 2026 | 157 | 166 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Driving mechanism6 Oct 2026US 12,754,390 B2Actutek Corporation
- Compact single-camera system emulating multi-camera system6 Oct 2026US 12,755,117 B1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Imaging lens module and electronic device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,341 B2Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Camera module29 Sep 2026US 12,748,342 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Determining image-capture settings29 Sep 2026US 12,750,576 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309963 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310047 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Lens driving device and camera assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310048 A1Xiamen Zhonghui Microelectronics Co., Ltd
- Camera module and electronic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310052 A1Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
- Exchangeable lens and camera body8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313228 A1Nikon Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hall-effect based linear motor controller1,018US 8,084,969 B2Allegro MicroSystems, LLC · 2011
- Imaging terminal having focus control542US 8,692,927 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Two-dimensional imager with solid-state auto-focus496US 8,988,590 B2Intermec IP Corp. · 2015
- Compact camera optics188US 9,025,073 B2Nan Chang O-Film Optoelectronics Technology Ltd · 2015
- Auto optical focus detecting device and eye direction detecting optical system159US 5,291,234 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1994