G03B 17/00
Details of cameras or camera bodies
Official title: Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor (lens hoods or caps G03B11/04)
G03B17/00 (Details of cameras or camera bodies) appears on 17,786 US grants and 15,071 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 17,786
- Published applications
- 15,071
- Assignees
- 3,142
- Inventors
- 21,320
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 246 | 85 |
| 2002 | 269 | 227 |
| 2003 | 188 | 143 |
| 2004 | 185 | 202 |
| 2005 | 112 | 268 |
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| 2022 | 811 | 972 |
| 2023 | 737 | 881 |
| 2024 | 811 | 864 |
| 2025 | 799 | 817 |
| 2026 | 497 | 623 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G03B 17/02Bodies7,728
- G03B 17/56Accessories4,467
- G03B 17/18Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light1,698
- G03B 17/48Details of cameras or camera bodies: adapted for combination with other photographic1,627
- G03B 17/24Details of cameras or camera bodies: with means for separately producing marks1,113
- G03B 17/28Locating light-sensitive material within camera994
- G03B 17/42Interlocking between shutter operation and advance of film or change of plate856
- G03B 17/55Details of cameras or camera bodies: with provision for heating or cooling568
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- G03B 17/38Releasing-devices separate from shutter516
- G03B 17/26Holders for containing light sensitive material and adapted to be inserted within370
- G03B 17/36Counting number of exposures101
- G03B 17/46Means for exposing single frames in motion-picture camera14
- G03B 17/44Means for exchanging focusing screen and light sensitive material7
- G03B 17/22Details of cameras or camera bodies: with means for cutting-off film6
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Stabilized camera590US 6,370,329 B1Zeiss Optronik GmbH · 2002
- Imaging system for vehicle526US 7,965,336 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2011
- Adaptive and interactive scene illumination497US 7,227,611 B2The Boeing Company · 2007
- Real-time preview for panoramic images343US 7,424,218 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2008
- Methods and apparatus for rich image capture with focused plenoptic cameras298US 8,345,144 B1Adobe Systems Incorporated · 2013