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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. 12, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Toshifumi Nakano, Sagamihara, JP;
Naoki Matsumoto, Hachoji, JP;
Inventors:
Toshifumi Nakano, Sagamihara, JP;
Naoki Matsumoto, Hachoji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B017/02 ; G03B017/00 ; G03B007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A camera is provided which includes a camera main body, a first cover covering one side of the camera main body, a second cover covering the other side of the camera main body, an appearance surface formed on an exterior of the camera main body and positioned between the first and second covers when the camera main body is held between the first and second covers to produce an appearance of the camera, and an operation member arranged on the appearance surface.