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Ha. Alex by "copy" I didn't mean an exact copy.
FWIW the Orion Lanthanum Super Wides were made by Vixen and branded as Orion - some of the Orions bore a Vixen "makers mark".
Pretty sure the Baader Hyperions, Stratus and other clones were manufactured as job lots in China where unfortunately the factories do not use an equivalent to the Japanese system of "makers marks". There are several factories that made eyepieces but minimum order quantities are in the ten-thousands and typically 1 batch made was enough for many years of retail sales.
The only distinguishing factors are minute variations in the typography of the lettering on the barrel.
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