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  4. /G03B · Apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them
  5. /G03B 2217/00 · Details of cameras or camera bodies
  6. /G03B 2217/26 · Holders for containing light-sensitive material and adapted to be inserted within the
  7. /G03B 2217/261
G03B 2217/261

Details of spools

G03B2217/261 (Details of spools) appears on 148 US grants and 1 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. GPhysics
  2. G03Photography
  3. G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them
  4. G03B 2217/00Details of cameras or camera bodies
  5. G03B 2217/26Holders for containing light-sensitive material and adapted to be inserted within the
  6. G03B 2217/261Details of spools
Granted patents
148
Published applications
1
Assignees
16
Inventors
180
Latest grant
7 Sep 2004

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
G03B 2217/261: granted patents and published applications per publication year
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198130
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1992140
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1979198919992004

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Film magazine7 Sep 2004US 6,786,656 B2Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.
  • Apparatus and method for centering a spool or similar object24 Jul 2001US 6,264,134 B1Eastman Kodak Company
  • Photo film take-up spool and shaft27 Feb 2001US 6,195,506 B1Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
  • Photographic roll film19 Dec 2000US 6,162,594 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
  • Roll photo film having seal tape8 Aug 2000US 6,100,017 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
  • Film magazine29 Apr 2004US 2004/0081452 A1Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Single use photographic film package and camera153US 5,452,033 AEastman Kodak Company · 1995
  • Film cassette67US 4,846,418 AEastman Kodak Company · 1989
  • Camera with interlock for cover piece and cartridge light shield62US 5,231,438 AEastman Kodak Company · 1993
  • Bar-coded film spool45US 5,296,887 AEastman Kodak Company · 1994
  • Film-thrusting cassette43US 5,031,852 AEastman Kodak Company · 1991

Top assignees

Documents
  • Eastman Kodak Company65
  • Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.52
  • AGAgfa-Gevaert6
  • Canon Kabushiki Kaisha5
  • Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.5
  • Konica Corporation4
  • Nikon Corporation3
  • FPFuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.2
  • PPolaroid Corporation2
  • AGAgfa-Gevaert Aktiengessellschaft1

Often classified with

  • B65HHandling thin or filamentary material16
  • G03CPhotosensitive materials for photographic purposes11
  • G03DApparatus for processing exposed photographic materials7
  • Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification5
  • B29CShaping or joining of plastics2
  • B29LIndexing scheme associated with subclass b29c, relating to particular articles2
  • G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer2
  • Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests2
  • B29KIndexing scheme associated with subclasses b29b, b29c or b29d, relating to moulding1
  • B65DContainers for storage or transport of articles or materials1

Documents that also carry the other class.

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