Nikon AF-S 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens patent

• 15 years ago
• Categories: Nikon Lenses
• Tags: Nikon AF-S 28-300mm F3.5-5.6G VR

I did mention this lens briefly yesterday and today we have a patent for it (in English):

Details:

• Patent Publication No. 2009-19945
  • Published 2010/01/28
  • Filing Date 7/9/2008

• F = 28.80-292.0mm focal length
• Brightness F = 3.61-5.87
• Angle of view 76.3-8.2 °
• Focus back 38.84-96.07mm

The above patent was filed in Japan and I could not locate it in the US Patent Office database. A similar patent was filed in the US back in 2001, but the lens design was slightly different:

See this forum post for a list of lens patents that never made it to the production line.