G03B 2215/00
Special procedures for taking photographs
Official title: Special procedures for taking photographs; Apparatus therefor
G03B2215/00 (Special procedures for taking photographs) appears on 2,439 US grants and 1,708 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,708
- Assignees
- 641
- Inventors
- 3,216
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 26 | 52 |
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| 2022 | 73 | 65 |
| 2023 | 62 | 76 |
| 2024 | 76 | 52 |
| 2025 | 61 | 52 |
| 2026 | 26 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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