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G03B 2205/0046

Movement of one or more optical elements for zooming

G03B2205/0046 (Movement of one or more optical elements for zooming) appears on 652 US grants and 825 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 652
Published applications: 825
Assignees: 167
Inventors: 1,161
Latest grant: 29 Sep 2026

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G03B 2205/0046: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1998	2	0
1999	1	0
2000	2	0
2001	0	0
2002	0	0
2003	0	1
2004	1	1
2005	1	1
2006	1	4
2007	1	1
2008	1	1
2009	1	5
2010	3	2
2011	5	9
2012	3	52
2013	27	52
2014	35	36
2015	44	69
2016	47	41
2017	46	44
2018	35	30
2019	37	45
2020	32	48
2021	39	77
2022	46	94
2023	49	65
2024	72	59
2025	75	46
2026	46	42

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.

Recent patents

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Optical element driving mechanism18 Aug 2026US 12,710,617 B2Actutek Corporation
Control method, control apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and computer readable storage medium18 Aug 2026US 12,713,131 B2Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation

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