G11B 7/0908
For focusing only
Official title: {for focusing only (G11B7/0925, G11B7/094, G11B7/0941, G11B7/0943, G11B7/0945, G11B7/0946, G11B7/0948 take precedence)}
G11B7/0908 (For focusing only) appears on 1,576 US grants and 767 published applications in this corpus.
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- Diffractive optical element, projection device and measuring device7 Mar 2023US 11,598,972 B2AGC Inc.
- Super-resolution three-dimensional optical storage focusing servo device and method thereof23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212888 A1Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hybrid Digital and Analog Data Storage17 Apr 2025US 2025/0124952 A1Ceramic Data Solutions GmbH
- Hybrid Digital and Analog Data Storage8 Aug 2024US 2024/0265942 A1Ceramic Data Solutions GmbH
- Autonomous search light system, winch system comprising an autonomous search light system, and aircraft comprising an autonomous search light system1 Dec 2022US 2022/0379802 A1Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
- Detection Apparatus, Optical Drive, and Detection Method18 Aug 2022US 2022/0262398 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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- Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging722US 6,564,087 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2003
- Apparatus and method for accessing data on multilayered optical media317US 5,784,352 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1998
- Compound objective lens having two focal points144US 5,446,565 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Optical pickup with conversion of diffusion angle of outgoing light relative to diffusion angle of incident light120US 5,790,502 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Multiple data surface optical data storage system118US 5,202,875 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1993