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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. 28, 2000
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tamotsu Koiwai, Akiruno, JP;
Mitsuhiro Sato, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396106 ; 396268 ; 396382 ;
Abstract
A camera optical system has a photographic optical system and a finder optical system. The photographic optical system has a photographic lens section that receives an optical image from a subject to be photographed and forms an image on a film. The finder optical system has a nonphotographic lens provided integrally with the photographic lens section of the photographic optical system.