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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:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
William T. Goosey, Jr., Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/514 ;
Abstract
A reverse telephoto zoom lens particularly suitable for use in a compact digital camera preferably has two moving lens groups in which either the first lens group has a lens component having both positive and negative power in respective radial zones of the lens or the second lens group has a lens component closer to the image plane than any other lens component and this lens component has a concave surface facing the image plane, or both. The zoom lens delivers near telecentric performance and exhibits non-reversing motion of either lens group in going between a telephoto position and a wide angle position, and vice-versa.