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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuto Tanaka, Kawachinagano, JP;
Kyoko Yamaguchi, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359431 ; 359432 ; 359676 ;
Abstract
A zoom finder optical system of real image type of the present invention is provided with an objective lens system of a positive refractive power, a condenser lens of a positive refractive power and an eyepiece system of a positive refractive power from an object side. The objective lens system includes from the object side a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of a negative refractive power, a third lens unit of a positive refractive power and a fourth lens unit of a positive refractive power.