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  • G - Physics
  • G02B - Optical elements, systems or apparatus
  • G02B 15/177 - 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 negative front lens or group of lenses

Patent holdings for IPC class G02B 15/177

Total number of patents in this class: 391

10-year publication summary

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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
Canon Inc.
40352
79
FUJIFILM Corporation
29543
64
Nikon Corporation
7213
47
OM Digital Solutions Corp.
606
18
Konica Minolta, Inc.
8784
10
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.
5648
9
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
31806
9
Young Optics Inc.
256
9
Olympus Corporation
13151
8
Sony Corporation
30936
7
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
13316
7
Seiko Epson Corporation
19510
5
Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
157
5
Hoya Corporation
2753
5
Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
365
5
Nittoh Inc.
96
5
Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
668
5
Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd.
91
4
Cooke Optics Limited
44
4
Coretronic Corporation
1293
4
Other owners 82