- 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: 5216
10-year publication summary
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743
|
660
|
648
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396
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311
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276
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152
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140
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111
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31
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 13034 |
2038 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 30155 |
331 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1884 |
254 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2752 |
149 |
| Sony Corporation | 30510 |
113 |
| Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | 706 |
113 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1702 |
91 |
| Evident Corporation | 1039 |
79 |
| Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. | 380 |
58 |
| EndoChoice, Inc. | 183 |
50 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4279 |
49 |
| Karl STORZ Imaging, Inc. | 236 |
47 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 2225 |
34 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4809 |
32 |
| General Electric Company | 13815 |
31 |
| Siemens Energy, Inc. | 1698 |
31 |
| Sony Group Corporation | 15046 |
31 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10847 |
30 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5230 |
26 |
| Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH | 101 |
24 |
| Other owners | 1605 |