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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:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lee R Estelle, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359694 ; 359689 ; 359691 ;
Abstract
A zoom lens comprises a plurality of lens elements arranged in at least two zooming lens units. The zoom lens is characterized in that at least one of the zooming lens units moves in a first direction, then reverses the direction of the movement to move in a second direction and then reverses the direction again to move in the first direction.