- All sections
- G - Physics
- G02B - Optical elements, systems or apparatus
- G02B 23/24 - Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies, e.g. fibrescopes
Patent holdings for IPC class G02B 23/24
Total number of patents in this class: 5082
10-year publication summary
|
415
|
624
|
751
|
671
|
652
|
401
|
309
|
274
|
139
|
47
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
2061 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
323 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1661 |
273 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2822 |
146 |
| Sony Corporation | 32931 |
114 |
| Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | 620 |
111 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1622 |
82 |
| Evident Corporation | 1072 |
73 |
| Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. | 347 |
54 |
| EndoChoice, Inc. | 183 |
46 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
46 |
| Karl STORZ Imaging, Inc. | 229 |
44 |
| Siemens Energy, Inc. | 1770 |
32 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4517 |
31 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1818 |
27 |
| General Electric Company | 18133 |
25 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
25 |
| Sony Group Corporation | 10730 |
25 |
| i-PRO Co., Ltd. | 384 |
24 |
| Canon U.S.A., Inc. | 472 |
23 |
| Other owners | 1497 |