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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: 401

10-year publication summary

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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
Canon Inc.
44585
82
FUJIFILM Corporation
30849
68
Nikon Corporation
7232
49
OM Digital Solutions Corp.
581
18
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.
6196
10
Konica Minolta, Inc.
9208
10
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
34685
9
Young Optics Inc.
259
9
Olympus Corporation
12897
8
Sony Corporation
29876
7
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
13421
7
Seiko Epson Corporation
20554
5
Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
182
5
Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
366
5
Nittoh Inc.
96
5
Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
767
5
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
125590
4
Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd.
91
4
Cooke Optics Limited
35
4
Coretronic Corporation
1381
4
Other owners 83