G03B 17/04
Collapsible, foldable or extensible
Official title: collapsible, foldable or extensible, e.g. book type
G03B17/04 (Collapsible, foldable or extensible) appears on 905 US grants and 663 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 905
- Published applications
- 663
- Assignees
- 220
- Inventors
- 1,238
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 23 | 0 |
| 1998 | 48 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 3 |
| 2002 | 13 | 14 |
| 2003 | 14 | 10 |
| 2004 | 10 | 16 |
| 2005 | 8 | 26 |
| 2006 | 15 | 45 |
| 2007 | 15 | 47 |
| 2008 | 22 | 22 |
| 2009 | 31 | 20 |
| 2010 | 37 | 23 |
| 2011 | 28 | 41 |
| 2012 | 30 | 20 |
| 2013 | 26 | 23 |
| 2014 | 23 | 24 |
| 2015 | 17 | 28 |
| 2016 | 24 | 18 |
| 2017 | 25 | 33 |
| 2018 | 33 | 40 |
| 2019 | 36 | 31 |
| 2020 | 33 | 43 |
| 2021 | 34 | 27 |
| 2022 | 18 | 25 |
| 2023 | 17 | 31 |
| 2024 | 33 | 25 |
| 2025 | 26 | 12 |
| 2026 | 14 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pop-out zoom camera22 Sep 2026US 12,743,005 B2Corephotonics Ltd.
- Optical arrangement for a mobile device with a curved detector surface15 Sep 2026US 12,736,786 B2Carl Zeiss AG
- Slim pop-out tele camera lenses21 Jul 2026US 12,687,764 B2Corephotonics Ltd.
- Electronic apparatus and imaging device26 May 2026US 12,638,749 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Camera26 May 2026US 12,638,751 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Display apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313211 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Camera tunable lens module27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255034 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Focusing Method and Electronic Device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244081 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Retractable lens and electronic device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227676 A1AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Stump-camera assembly30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219555 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated camera-tripod system184US 5,384,609 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
- Camera with movable first lens cover which supports movable second lens cover which opens during movement of first lens cover113US 5,740,480 AEastman Kodak Company · 1998
- Lens shutter camera including zoom lens105US 4,944,030 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Collapsible disposable camera97US 4,518,235 A1985
- Camera having a photo-taking lens barrel movable in the direction of the optic axis85US 4,721,972 ANippon Kogaku K. K. · 1988