G03B 17/12
With means for supporting objectives, supplementary lenses, filters, masks, or turrets
Official title: with means for supporting objectives, supplementary lenses, filters, masks, or turrets
G03B17/12 (With means for supporting objectives, supplementary lenses, filters, masks, or turrets) appears on 2,897 US grants and 3,249 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 2,897
- Published applications
- 3,249
- Assignees
- 559
- Inventors
- 4,024
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 28 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 8 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 10 | 9 |
| 2005 | 11 | 25 |
| 2006 | 10 | 32 |
| 2007 | 3 | 55 |
| 2008 | 20 | 33 |
| 2009 | 37 | 50 |
| 2010 | 46 | 55 |
| 2011 | 51 | 109 |
| 2012 | 67 | 137 |
| 2013 | 94 | 143 |
| 2014 | 140 | 100 |
| 2015 | 123 | 116 |
| 2016 | 92 | 123 |
| 2017 | 99 | 110 |
| 2018 | 105 | 166 |
| 2019 | 151 | 193 |
| 2020 | 175 | 286 |
| 2021 | 207 | 274 |
| 2022 | 213 | 272 |
| 2023 | 205 | 244 |
| 2024 | 217 | 239 |
| 2025 | 216 | 263 |
| 2026 | 151 | 199 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical apparatus and imaging apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,391 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Imaging optical system, image capture device, and camera system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,396 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Image capture systems for use in land and underwater environments6 Oct 2026US 12,754,459 B2GoPro, Inc.
- Optical element driving mechanism6 Oct 2026US 12,754,460 B2Actutek Corporation
- Action camera case6 Oct 2026US 12,754,461 B2
- Camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309956 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310051 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Camera module and electronic device comprising same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313215 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Exchangeable lens and camera body8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313228 A1Nikon Corporation
- Lens apparatus, image pickup apparatus, camera system, processing method, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313237 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Image-capturing device having multiple optical systems198US 7,509,041 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2009
- Compact camera module with lens array180US 8,289,409 B2Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. · 2012
- Adjustable camera mount for a vehicle windshield144US 9,459,515 B2Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. · 2016
- Imaging unit115US 8,718,458 B2Hoya Corporation · 2014
- Selectively attachable and removable lenses for communication devices114US 8,279,544 B1Premier Systems USA, Inc. · 2012