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  • G - Physics
  • G02B - Optical elements, systems or apparatus
  • G02B 15/173 - Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification by axial movement of one or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective with interdependent non-linearly related movements between one lens or lens group, and another lens or lens group having a first movable lens or lens group and a second movable lens or lens group, both in front of a fixed lens or lens group having an additional fixed front lens or group of lenses arranged + – +

Patent holdings for IPC class G02B 15/173

Total number of patents in this class: 419

10-year publication summary

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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
Canon Inc.
36841
98
Nikon Corporation
7162
84
FUJIFILM Corporation
27102
56
OM Digital Solutions Corp.
706
31
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
27812
19
Tamron Co., Ltd.
202
15
Sony Corporation
32931
11
Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
153
9
Olympus Corporation
13667
8
Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
568
7
Panasonic Corporation
20786
6
Young Optics Inc.
247
6
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
13266
5
Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
1146
4
Sintai Optical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
209
4
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
131630
3
Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
132
3
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
100781
3
Asia Optical International Ltd.
124
3
Konica Minolta Advanced Layers, Inc.
218
2
Other owners 42