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Canon bans Viltrox lens

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Scott Larson Veteran Member • Posts: 7,505
Re: Canon bans Viltrox lens

bodeswell wrote:

Scott Larson wrote:

sybersitizen wrote:

Scott Larson wrote:

What's the number of this patent? I tried searching but I only found their patents for RF lenses.

Japan Patent Application 2018-084713, as noted here:

https://www.canonnews.com/canon-patent-application-the-first-sniff-of-a-new-mount-for-canon

Great, they patented the size of a hole and bunch of connectors. Innovation!

The article, which does not actually link to the patent, does not say anything about holes or bunches. In any case, you can’t patent the size of a hole. You can only patent inventions, like a new communications protocol.

Yes, that's why I looked up the patent at the JOP web site.

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