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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:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359691 ; 359676 ;
Abstract
A zoom lens system has a first lens unit and a second lens unit from the object side. The first lens unit has a negative optical power. The second lens unit has a positive optical power. The second lens unit is arranged on the image side of the first lens unit. An air space between the first and second units is variable for zooming. The second lens unit has a doublet lens element composed of a positive lens element and a negative lens element cemented together.