Lens patents
English translations of Japanese patents can be found at Japan platform for patent information [[1]]. Note that the English interface provides translation and Japanese images, but does not have option to give OCR-ed Japanese text, use Japanese interface to get it [[2]]. Nor does the site allow direct linking to pages. Many patents become known to general public via [Egami blog].
publication | type | filed | published | companies | authors | |
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JP 2016-126295 | DSLR FF | Tamron 100-400mm F4.5-6.3 VC | 2015.1.8 | 2016.7.11 | Tamron Co., Ltd. | Katsuhiro Yoshimura, Hiroko Negishi, Yoshito Iwasawa, Jun Takahashi |
JP 2016-118658 | MILC APS-C | Canon EF-M 15-45/3.5-6.3 STM | 2014.12.22 | 2016.6.30 | Canon Inc. | Yukio Takanashi (高梨 幸雄), Takashi Inoue (井上 卓) |
JP 2015-68910 | MILC FF | Sony FE 55/1.8 ("sony zeiss") | 2013.9.27 | 2015.4.13 | Sony Corporation | Chen Yonghua (陳 永華), Naomi Miyagawa (宮川 直己) |
JP 2015-41012 | MILC FF | Sony FE 35/2.8 ("sony zeiss") | ||||
JP 2013-37105 (+US 8837056?) | Sony E 55-210/4.5-6.3 | 2011.8.5 | 2013.2.21 | Sony Corporation | 特許業務法人つばさ国際特許事務所, Michiki Maruyama (丸山 理樹) | |
JP 2015-121649 | MILC FF | Zeiss Batis 25/2 | ||||
JP 2015-96915 | MILC FF | Zeiss Batis 85/1.8 | ||||
JP 2015-18124 | MILC FF | Sony FE 28-320/3.5-6.3 | ||||
JP 2012-242690 US8643960 | MILC APS-C | Sony E 50/1.8 | ||||
JP 2013-161076 | micro 4/3" | Olympus M.Zuiko 75/1.8 | Sigma | Yukihiro Yamamoto (山本 幸広) | ||
US20130064532 | Speed Booster | J. Brian Caldwell, Wilfried Bittner | ||||
US8903232 | Speed Booster Ultra | |||||
JP 2016-31419 | fixed 1" | PowerShot G3X | 28.07.2014 | 07.03.2016 | CANON INC | MOGI SHUICHI |
JP 2016-161889 | fixed 1" | Powershot G9X | ||||
RU 2290675 [[3]] [[4]] | FF SLR | Zenitar 50 f/2 MC | 29.06.2005 | 27.12.2006 | KMZ | Byshkin Sergei (Бышкин Сергей Борисович), Kushnaryov Konstantin (Кушнарев Константин Геннадьевич), Strakhov Vyacheslav (Страхов Вячеслав Викторович), Shcheglov Sergei (Щеглов Сергей Иванович), Levitsky Pyotr (Левицкий Петр Тадейович) |
JP-A 2016-139087 | APS-C fixed | Sigma DP0 Quattro | 2015.1.29 | 2016.8.4 | Sigma | Kono Horai (幸野 朋来), Ogasawara Noriyuki(小笠原 典行) |
JP-A 2015-161792 | APS-C MILC | Zeiss Touit 50/2.8 Macro | 2014.02.27 | 2015.09.07 | FUJIFILM Corporation, Carl Zeiss AG | Yanagida Masashi 柳田 征史, Tsuyoshi Sakuma 佐久間 剛, Tomioka Ryoko 富岡 領子, Hiroki Saito 斉藤 広樹, Aurelien Dodokku, Michael Pollmann, Eugene Klein |
JP-A 2014-219587 | APS-C MILC | Fujifilm XF 27/2.8 | ||||
JP-A 2013-44964 www.google.ru/patents/WO2014007298A1?cl=en WO2014007298 | APS-C MILC | Sony E 10-18/4 OSS | ||||
JP-A 2016-99362 | 4/3" MILC | Olympus M.Zuiko 30/3.5 macro | 2014.11.18 | 2016.5.30 | ||
JP 2016-184136 | MILC 4/3 | Olympus M.Zuiko 8/1.8 | 2015.3.27 | 2016.10.20 | Sigma Corporation | Yukihiro Yamamoto (山本 幸広) |
JP 2016-139125 | MILC FF | Leica SL 90-270/2.8-4 + others | 2015.1.21 | 2016.8.4 | Panasonic | |
JP 2016-188967 | MILC FF | Zeiss Batis 18/2.8 | 2015.3.30 | 2016.11.4 | ||
JP 2015-75501 | MILC 4/3 | Olympus M.Zuiko 25/1.8 | 2013.10.4 | 2015.4.20 | Sigma | Yukihiro Yamamoto (山本 幸広) |
JP 2015-172612 | FF DSLR | EF 28-200 STM (optics seems to be identical to older versions) | 2014.3.11 | 2015.10.1 | Canon | Yukio Takanashi (高梨 幸雄) Mori Toshiro (森 丈大) |
JP 2015-31869 | APS-C DSLR | EF-S 10-18/4.5-5.6 | 2013.8.5 | 2015.2.16 | Canon | Yukio Takanashi (高梨 幸雄) Makoto Nakahara (中原 誠) |
JP 2015-111192 | APS-C DSLR | EF-S 24/2.8 STM (also 20, 28) | 2013.12.6 | 2015.6.18 | Canon | Yukio Takanashi (高梨 幸雄) Yuichi Gyoda(行田 裕一) |
US3737214 | FF SLR | Fisheye Nikkor 6/2.8 | 1971.09.29 | 1973.07.05 | Nippon Kogaku Kk | Shimizu Y |
[US7102834] | FF rangefinder | Leica apo-Summicron-M 75/2 asph | 16 Feb 2005 | 5 Sep 2006 | Leica Camera Ag | Peter Karbe |
US20140002910 | MF SLR | Leica Super-Elmar-S 24 mm f/ 3.5 Asph | Leica Camera Ag | Stefan Roth, Peter Karbe | ||
US20080068726 | FF rf | Leica Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21mm f4 asph | Christoph HORNEBER | |||
US20140098253 | APS-C MILC | EF-M 11-22/4-5.6 | 8 Oct 2013 | 10 Apr 2014 | Canon | Satoshi Maetaki |
US20120057234 | APS-C SLR | Tamron 16-300/3.5-6.3 | 26 May 2011 | 8 Mar 2012 | ? | Dayong Li |
US 8531777 | APS-C SLR | Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD (A009)?? | 14 Jul 2011 | 10 Sep 2013 | Tamron co | Dayong Li |
US8049968 | FF SLR | Sony 70-400/4-5.6 | 30 Dec 2008 | 1 Nov 2011 | Tamron Co Ltd | Hisayuki Yamanaka, Dayong Li |
US 20110286116 | APS-C SLR | Tamron SP AF 60 mm f/2 Di II LD (IF) Macro | 5 Feb 2010 | 24 Nov 2011 | Tamron Co., Ltd. | Kaori Shimizu, Hisayuki Yamanaka |
US 8553339 | APS-C MILC | Sony E 18-200?? | Hisayuki Yamanaka, Makoto Kanai, Masafumi Sueyoshi, Masaharu Hosoi | |||
US 8836846 | APS-C MILC | Sony E 16-50/3.5-5.6PZ | 26 Feb 2013 | 16 Sep 2014 | Sony Corporation | Makoto Kanai, Motoyuki Otake, Masaharu Hosoi, Toshihiro Sunaga, Masaki Maruyama |
US 20130033768 (JP 2013-37080) | APS-C MILC | Sony "zeiss" E 24/1.8 | Toshihiro Sunaga, Motoyuki Otake, Masaharu Hosoi | |||
US 20110273780 | APS-C MILC | Sony E 18-55/3.5-5.6 (+some 18-200) | 11 Apr 2011 | 10 Nov 2011 | Sony Corporation | Masaharu Hosoi, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Masafumi Sueyoshi |
US 7535657 | fixed | Cybershot R1 | Daisuke Kuroda, Masafumi Sueyoshi, Kazuya Watanabe | |||
US 8879163 | ?cybershot rx100 | Sony | Atsushi Oohata, Hiroki Hagiwara | |||
US 20150192839 | Panasonic "Leica" 45/1.2 ? | 4/3 MILC | Dec 19, 2014 | Jul 9, 2015 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | Kyoichi Miyazaki |
JP 2012-226248 | 1/1.7" | Pentax Q 8.5/1.9 | 2011.4.22 | 2012.11.15 | Pentax Ricoh imaging Co., Ltd. | Kunio Miura (三浦 邦夫) Nomura Yoichi (能村 洋一) |
JP 2012-247689 (US2012307374) | 1/1.7" | Pentax Q 5-15/2.8-4.5 | 2011.5.30 | 2012.12.13 | Pentax Ricoh imaging Co., Ltd. | Kunio Miura (三浦 邦夫) Koji Kato (加藤 浩司) Saori Masakazu (小織 雅和) |
US 20090273851 | 1" | Nikon 1 32/1.2 | 02/12/2009 | 11/05/2009 | NIKON CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP) | Take, Toshinori (Yokohama-shi, JP) Yamamoto, Sayako (Kawasaki-shi, JP) |
US 20130335617, US9250423 | 4/3" MILC | Lumix G Vario 45-150 mm f/ 4-5.6 Asph MegaOIS | ||||
US 20070229983 A1, US 7542219 B2 | APS-C SLR | Pentax 70/2.4 limited | ||||
US20080247058, US 7715118 B2 | APS-C SLR | Pentax SMC DA 35 mm f/ 2.8 Macro Limited | Hoya Corporation | Koji Kato | ||
US20100194930, US 8411368 B2 | Lumix G Vario 7-14 mm f/ 4.0 Asph | |||||
JP,2014-048488 | FF SLR | Sigma 35/1.4 ART | 31.08.2012 | 17.03.2014 | SIGMA CORP | SHIODA RYO |
JP 2013-3324 | 4/3 | Panasonic "Leica" 25/1.4 | 16.06.2011 | 07.01.2013 | SIGMA CORP | KAMIMURA YUTAKA |
Patented, not produced
publication | type | filed | published | companies | authors | |
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JP-A 2016-102852 | FF SLR | Canon 800,1000,600 f/5.6 DO | 27.11.2014 | 02.06.2016 | CANON INC | SATO ARATA, YOKOYAMA TAKAYOSHI |
JP 2016-126086 | FF MILC, SLR | 35/1.8, 62/2.8, 25/2.8, 59/2.8 | 26.12.2014 | 11.07.2016 | TAMRON CO LTD | YOKOTA KOICHIRO |
JP 2013-182259 | APS-C MILC | 24-135mm f/3.5-4 OSS | ||||
US 20130242166 | FF MILC | looks different from SEL2470F4 | ||||
JP 2016-14841 | FF MILC | 28-67 f/2 | 2014.7.3 | 2016.1.28 | Patent Office Tsubasa International Patent Office (特許業務法人つばさ国際特許事務所), Yumiko Uehara (上原 祐美子) | |
JP 2015-41003 | focal reducer | Nikon 50/1.4G | 2013.8.22 | 2015.3.2 | Nikon | [Yoshio Inoue Kenichi Aihara Ryuji Ito Junko Inoue 井上 義雄 相原 健一 伊藤 隆治 井上 淳子] Haruo Sato (佐藤 治夫) |
JP 2016-004093 | 1/1.7" | Pentax Q 4.2/1.8 | 16.06.2014 | 12.01.2016 | Ricoh Imaging Corporation | [Kunio Miura 三浦 邦夫 Miura Kyoyama 三浦 邦陽 ]Takahiko Oishi (大石 崇彦) |
JP 2015-4717 | 1/1.7" | Pentax Q 18/2.8 macro | 2013.6.19 | 2015.1.8 | Ricoh Imaging Corporation | [Daisuke Ando Miura Kuniyama] Yoichi Nomura [安藤 大介 三浦 邦陽 ] 能村 洋一 |
JP 2014-109711 | 1/1.7" | Pentax Q 4.4/1.4 | 2012.12.3 | 2014.6.12 | Ricoh Imaging Corporation | [Kunio Miura, Daisuke Ando, Miura Kuniyama] Tatsuyuki Onozaki [三浦 邦夫, 安藤 大介, 三浦 邦陽] 小野崎 龍之 |
JP 2014-81457 | 1/1.7" | Q 45/1.8 | 2012.10.16 | 2014.5.8 | Ricoh Imaging Corporation | [Kunio Miura, Daisuke Ando, Miura Kuniyama] Tatsuyuki Onozaki [三浦 邦夫, 安藤 大介, 三浦 邦陽] 小野崎 龍之 |
US 8699151 | FF MILC | Sony FE 90/2.8 macro | 5 Mar 2012 | 15 Apr 2014 | Tamron | Kazuya Watanabe |
2015-215391 Canon EF-M macro lens, f=53.73, 46.39, 58.00 2015-215494 Canon EF-M macro lens, f=31.01, 21.77, 48.58 2015-163926 Tamron pancake lenses for FF mirrorless f/2.8, 28, 50, 60 mm. 2015-75508 Tamron 90/2.8 macro (different from SEL) 2016-9546 Fujifilm looks like 20 mm f/1.8 distagon for DSLR [https://www.google.ru/patents/CN203365783U?cl=en&dq=aps-c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjr6-W2rpnQAhVGEywKHSeBAXoQ6AEIQDAF CN203365783] Focal reducer [https://www.google.ru/patents/US20150346465 US20150346465] Focal reducer [https://www.google.ru/patents/US20140028891 US20140028891] Sony E 10-18/3.5-4 US 20110002045 Similar to Sony RX10 lens, 8x f/2.8, but more complex US 20120212842 Sony E 35/2.8 US 7990623 compact lens with 45 deg prism US 20050007678 ditto US 20130242165 Sony E 16-80/3.5-4.5 US 8842380 B2 ? Sony E 30/3.5 macro (very similar, but different) JP 2014-178478 ? Olympus Stylus 1