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| G02B9/00 -17/08;21/02-21/04;25/00-25/04 | ||
| G02B9/00-17/08;21/02-21/04;25/00-25/04 | KA | KA00 DEVICES IN USE * |
KA01 | KA02 | KA03 | KA06 | KA07 | KA08 | KA09 | KA10 | ||
| . Cameras | . . Photographing cameras | . . Television cameras or video cameras | . Projectors e.g. profile projectors cinema projectors or enlargers | . Projection televisions | . Copying machines | . Microscopes | . Endoscopes | |||||
| KA11 | KA12 | KA13 | KA14 | KA15 | KA16 | KA17 | KA18 | KA19 | KA20 | |||
| . Medical implements or ophthalmoscopes fundus cameras | . Measuring instruments | . Optical disc devices | . Viewfinders | . Telescopes | . . Binocular telescopes | . . Monocular telescopes | . Facsimiles | . Scanning devices or laser printers | . Spectacles | |||
| KA21 | KA22 | KA23 | KA24 | KA25 | KA26 | KA27 | KA28 | KA29 | ||||
| . Printing devices for semiconductor integrated circuits or the like | . Optical communication instruments | . Magnifying glass magnifiers | . . Magnifying glass magnifiers with lighting | . Door scopes | . Laser beam processing instruments | . using solar light | . Rearview mirrors | . Lighting devices | ||||
| LA | LA00 LENS FUNCTIONS * |
LA01 | LA02 | LA03 | LA04 | LA05 | LA06 | LA07 | ||||
| . Objectives | . . Telephoto lenses | . . Retrofocus or reversed telephoto lenses | . . Triplet | . . Tessar | . . Gauss | . . Fish-eye lenses | ||||||
| LA11 | LA12 | LA13 | ||||||||||
| . Eyepieces | . . Outer focus | . . Inner focus | ||||||||||
| LA21 | LA22 | LA23 | LA24 | LA25 | LA26 | LA27 | LA28 | LA29 | LA30 | |||
| . Special function lenses | . . for scanning f theta lenses | . . Fourier transform lenses | . . Lighting lenses | . . Collimating lenses or collimators | . . Beam shaping lenses or beam expanders | . . Relay middle image relay lenses photographing eyepieces | . . Anamorphotic or anamorphosis lenses | . . Field lenses | . . Converter lenses e.g. variable magnification lenses for use in conjunction with image converters or image intensifiers | |||
| MA | MA00 FOCUSING * |
MA01 | MA02 | MA03 | MA04 | MA05 | MA06 | MA07 | MA08 | MA09 | MA10 | |
| . Ultra-close-up or macro photography | . Movement | . . Fixed focal lenses or multifocal lenses | . . . Whole moving | . . . Partial moving | . . . . Foremost-part moving | . . . . Centre-part moving | . . . . Rearmost-part moving | . . . . Composite moving | . . . Moving flat plates into and out of | |||
| MA11 | MA12 | MA13 | MA14 | MA15 | MA16 | MA17 | MA18 | MA19 | MA20 | |||
| . . Mechanical compensation or optical compensation zoom lenses | . . . First group moving | . . . Second group moving | . . . Third group moving | . . . Fourth group moving | . . . Fifth group moving | . . . More than five group moving | . . . Partial moving in certain groups | . . . Composite moving | . . . moving flat plates into and out of | |||
| NA | NA00 SPECIAL PERFORMANCE * |
NA01 | NA02 | NA03 | NA04 | NA05 | NA06 | NA07 | NA08 | NA09 | NA10 | |
| . Aberration adjustment soft focus | . telecentric | . for infra-red radiation | . for ultra-violet radiation | . for X-rays | . for underwater | . Anti-vibration | . Temperature humidity compensation | . Adjustment during manufacturing | . Dioptre adjustment | |||
| NA11 | NA14 | NA15 | NA17 | NA18 | ||||||||
| . Tilt shift lenses | . Achromatism | . . High-order achromatism or apochromat secondary achromatism | . Dustproof fogproof | . Prevention of stray light | ||||||||
| PA | PA00 NUMBER OF LENS ELEMENTS A (A CEMENTED LENS IS COUNTED IN SINGULAR FORM) * |
PA01 | PA02 | PA03 | PA04 | PA05 | PA06 | PA07 | PA08 | PA09 | PA10 | |
| . One | . Two | . Three | . Four | . Five | . Six | . Seven | . Eight | . Nine | . Ten | |||
| PA11 | PA12 | PA13 | PA14 | PA15 | PA16 | PA17 | PA18 | PA19 | PA20 | |||
| . Eleven | . Twelve | . Thirteen | . Fourteen | . More than fourteen | . Number of cemented lenses | . . Zero | . . One | . . Two | . . Three | |||
| PB | PB00 NUMBER OF LENS ELEMENTS B (CEMENTED LENSES ARE COUNTED IN MULTIPLE FORM) * |
PB01 | PB02 | PB03 | PB04 | PB05 | PB06 | PB07 | PB08 | PB09 | PB10 | |
| . One | . Two | . Three | . Four | . Five | . Six | . Seven | . Eight | . Nine | . Ten | |||
| PB11 | PB12 | PB13 | PB14 | PB15 | PB16 | PB17 | PB18 | PB19 | PB20 | |||
| . Eleven | . Twelve | . Thirteen | . Fourteen | . Fifteen | . Sixteen | . Seventeen | . Eighteen | . Nineteen | . More than nineteen | |||
| QA | QA00 ARRANGEMENTS OF LENS ELEMENTS * |
QA01 | QA02 | QA03 | QA05 | QA06 | QA07 | |||||
| . Shape of forefront planes | . . Convex planes to bodies | . . Concave planes to bodies | . Shape of rearmost part planes | . . Convex planes to bodies | . . Concave planes to bodies | |||||||
| QA11 | QA12 | QA13 | QA14 | QA15 | QA16 | QA17 | QA18 | QA19 | ||||
| . First lens being a positive lens | . . Positive meniscus lenses | . . Planoconvex lenses | . . Biconvex lenses | . . Negative-meniscus-shaped positive lenses | . First lens being a negative lens | . . Negative meniscus lenses | . . Planoconcave lenses | . . Biconcave lenses | ||||
| QA21 | QA22 | QA25 | QA26 | |||||||||
| . Second lens being a positive lens | . Second lens being a negative lens | . Third lens being a positive lens | . Third lens being a negative lens | |||||||||
| QA31 | QA32 | QA33 | QA34 | QA36 | QA37 | QA38 | QA39 | |||||
| . Last lens being a positive lens | . . Positive meniscus lenses | . . Planoconvex lenses | . . Biconvex lenses | . Last lens being a negative lens | . . Negative meniscus lenses | . . Planoconcave lenses | . . Biconcave lenses | |||||
| QA41 | QA42 | QA45 | QA46 | |||||||||
| . Second lens from the last being a positive lens | . Second lens from the last being a negative lens | . Third lens from the last being a positive lens | . Third lens from the last being a negative lens | |||||||||
| RA | RA00 SPECIAL OPTICAL ELEMENTS * |
RA01 | RA02 | RA03 | RA04 | RA05 | RA06 | RA07 | RA08 | |||
| . Non-spherical faces | . . Symmetry | . . . Rotational symmetry | . . . . of quadric surfaces | . . . . including high-order terms | . . . Rotational asymmetry | . . . . cylindrical | . . . . toric | |||||
| RA11 | RA12 | RA13 | ||||||||||
| . . Shape of reference planes | . . . Projections to bodies | . . . Recesses to bodies | ||||||||||
| RA21 | RA22 | RA23 | RA26 | RA27 | RA28 | |||||||
| . Graded refractive index | . . Radial direction grade | . . Axial direction grade | . Parallel arrays integrators | . deforming | . Refractive index variable | |||||||
| RA31 | RA32 | RA33 | RA34 | RA35 | RA36 | RA37 | ||||||
| . Stops | . . Brightness stops | . . . outside the system | . . . . front | . . . . behind | . . . movable | . . Field stops | ||||||
| RA41 | RA42 | RA43 | RA44 | RA45 | RA46 | RA47 | RA48 | |||||
| . Prisms | . Flat plates | . Filters | . Light-receiving elements | . Light-emitting elements | . Diffracting elements holograms | . Fresnel lenses | . Dichroic mirrors | |||||
| SA | SA00 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION A * |
SA01 | SA02 | SA03 | SA04 | SA05 | SA06 | SA07 | SA08 | SA09 | SA10 | |
| . Optical compensation or correction zoom | . Mechanical compensation or correction zoom | . . Number of groups | . . . Two groups | . . . . First group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | . . . . Second group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | |||
| SA11 | SA12 | SA13 | SA14 | SA15 | SA16 | SA17 | SA18 | SA19 | SA20 | |||
| . . . Three groups | . . . . First group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | . . . . Second group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | . . . . Third group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | |||
| SA21 | SA22 | SA23 | SA24 | SA25 | SA26 | SA27 | SA28 | SA29 | SA30 | |||
| . . . Four groups | . . . . First group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | . . . . Second group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | . . . . Third group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | |||
| SA31 | SA32 | SA33 | ||||||||||
| . . . . Fourth group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | ||||||||||
| SA41 | SA42 | SA43 | SA44 | SA45 | SA46 | SA47 | SA48 | SA49 | SA50 | |||
| . . . Five groups | . . . . First group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | . . . . Second group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | . . . . Third group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | |||
| SA51 | SA52 | SA53 | SA54 | SA55 | SA56 | SA57 | ||||||
| . . . . Fourth group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | . . . . Fifth group power | . . . . . Positive | . . . . . Negative | . . . More than five groups | ||||||
| SA61 | SA62 | SA63 | SA64 | SA65 | SA66 | |||||||
| . . movable | . . . First group movable | . . . Second group movable | . . . Third group movable | . . . Fourth group movable | . . . Fifth group movable | |||||||
| SA71 | SA72 | SA73 | SA74 | SA75 | SA76 | |||||||
| . . fixed | . . . First group fixed | . . . Second group fixed | . . . Third group fixed | . . . Fourth group fixed | . . . Fifth group fixed | |||||||
| SA81 | SA82 | SA83 | SA84 | SA85 | SA86 | SA87 | SA88 | SA89 | ||||
| . Multifocus | . . changing a part | . . . Front part change | . . . Middle part change | . . . Rear part change | . . adding or subtracting a part | . . . adding or subtracting front parts | . . . adding or subtracting middle parts | . . . adding or subtracting rear parts | ||||
| SB | SB00 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION B * |
SB01 | SB02 | SB03 | SB04 | SB05 | SB06 | SB07 | ||||
| . Number in the first group | . . One | . . Two | . . Three | . . Four | . . Five | . . Six | ||||||
| SB11 | SB12 | SB13 | SB14 | SB15 | SB16 | SB17 | ||||||
| . Number in the second group | . . One | . . Two | . . Three | . . Four | . . Five | . . Six | ||||||
| SB21 | SB22 | SB23 | SB24 | SB25 | SB26 | SB27 | ||||||
| . Number in the third group | . . One | . . Two | . . Three | . . Four | . . Five | . . Six | ||||||
| SB31 | SB32 | SB33 | SB34 | SB35 | SB36 | SB37 | ||||||
| . Number in the fourth group | . . One | . . Two | . . Three | . . Four | . . Five | . . Six | ||||||
| SB41 | SB42 | SB43 | SB44 | SB45 | SB46 | SB47 | ||||||
| . Number in the fifth group | . . One | . . Two | . . Three | . . Four | . . Five | . . Six | ||||||
| TA | TA00 CATOPTRIC SYSTEMS * |
TA01 | TA02 | TA03 | TA04 | TA05 | TA06 | TA08 | ||||
| . Catadioptric systems | . Number of mirrors | . . One | . . Two | . . Three | . Non-spherical face mirrors | . Mirrors movable | ||||||
| UA | UA00 MATERIAL * |
UA01 | UA02 | UA03 | UA04 | UA06 | UA09 | |||||
| . Plastics | . Crystals e.g. LiF Ge | . . Quartz or SiO2 | . . Fluorite or CaF2 | . Anomalous partial dispersion-ratio glass or anomalous dispersion glass | . Fluids e.g. gases liquids liquid crystals |