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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: 411

10-year publication summary

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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
Canon Inc.
39365
96
Nikon Corporation
7155
87
FUJIFILM Corporation
29208
56
OM Digital Solutions Corp.
617
25
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
30903
17
Tamron Co., Ltd.
211
15
Sony Corporation
31157
11
Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
157
9
Olympus Corporation
13201
7
Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
652
7
Panasonic Corporation
20180
6
Young Optics Inc.
257
6
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
13215
5
Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
1202
4
Sintai Optical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
227
4
Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
118
3
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
110803
3
Asia Optical International Ltd.
115
3
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
143812
2
Konica Minolta Advanced Layers, Inc.
217
2
Other owners 43