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Immersion microscope objective lens

US7262922B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 2005
Grant dateAug 28, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/33
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An immersion microscope objective lens includes, in the following order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having positive refractive power as a whole, including a first lens component composed of a first meniscus lens and a second meniscus lens cemented to each other with their concave surfaces facing the object side, a second lens composed of a single lens having positive refractive power and a third lens composed of a negative lens and a positive lens cemented to each other, a second lens group having positive refractive power as a whole, including a fourth lens component composed of a negative lens and a positive lens cemented to each other, and a third lens group having a negative refractive power as a whole. Predetermined conditions are satisfied.

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