Patent ID: 8783568

Claim:
A telescopic sight for use with a weapon, the telescopic sight comprising: an optical lens system integrated in an elongated outer tube that is configured to be attachable to the weapon and that is closed by an (i) ocular at a forward end facing an eye of a marksman when using the weapon with the telescopic sight attached and (ii) an objective at its opposite forward end, and wherein the optical lens system exhibits between the ocular and the objective at least one image plane disposed along an optical ray path between the ocular and the objective corresponding to light rays passing through the objective towards the ocular; and a sight-graticule pattern, visible to the marksman through the ocular when using the telescopic sight, that comprises a virtual image projected onto at least one of the image planes of a sight graticule disposed outside the optical ray path, wherein the telescopic sight does not include a physical graticule disposed along the optical ray path within the elongated outer tube.