B24B 13/00

Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses

Official title: Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses or surfaces of similar shape on other work; Accessories therefor (edging optical work, e.g. lenses, prisms B24B9/14)

B24B13/00 (Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses) appears on 1,188 US grants and 869 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,188
Published applications: 869
Assignees: 480
Inventors: 2,025
Latest grant: 29 Sep 2026

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B24B 13/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	13	0
1977	15	0
1978	14	0
1979	20	0
1980	12	0
1981	18	0
1982	10	0
1983	10	0
1984	11	0
1985	21	0
1986	12	0
1987	14	0
1988	10	0
1989	11	0
1990	30	0
1991	29	0
1992	37	0
1993	28	0
1994	19	0
1995	18	0
1996	24	0
1997	28	0
1998	37	0
1999	25	0
2000	38	0
2001	22	17
2002	28	30
2003	25	29
2004	21	39
2005	37	58
2006	31	39
2007	26	54
2008	27	42
2009	34	33
2010	22	39
2011	34	42
2012	23	32
2013	32	42
2014	27	35
2015	32	37
2016	37	33
2017	24	28
2018	28	27
2019	29	30
2020	28	33
2021	9	28
2022	19	25
2023	18	27
2024	34	29
2025	22	26
2026	15	15

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