CPC Main Group
G02B 15/00 Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification (anamorphotic objectives G02B13/08)
Filing statistics
CPC G02B 15/00 belongs to the parent subclass G02B, which recorded 623,096 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 43,600 in 2013 to 50,077 in 2023 (+15%), peaking at 66,341 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class G02 are SAMSUNG DISPLAY (14,409 applications), BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (14,236 applications) and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (11,826 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- G02B 15/02 by changing, adding, or subtracting a part of the objective, e.g. convertible objective
- G02B 15/14 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
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 14,409
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 14,236
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 11,826
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 10,141
- FUJIFILM JP 8,506
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 7,558
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 6,306
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 5,336
- SONY CORPORATION JP 5,097
- CANON JP 4,814