B24B 13/0025
Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses
Official title: {for contact lenses}
B24B13/0025 (Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses) appears on 44 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 44
- Published applications
- 20
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 82
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mandrel for use in the machining of ophthalmic lenses14 Jul 2026US 12,678,910 B2CooperVision International Limited
- Mandrel for use in the machining of ophthalmic lenses11 Nov 2025US 12,466,022 B2CooperVision International Limited
- Customized wavefront-guided methods, systems, and devices to correct higher-order aberration1 Nov 2022US 11,487,136 B2Boston Foundation for Sight
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing contact lens moulds10 Sep 2019US 10,406,768 B2CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
- Topology guided ocular lens design21 Aug 2018US 10,054,802 B2Eydeal Scanning, LLC
- Mandrel for use in the machining of ophthalmic lenses8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008243 A1CooperVision International Limited
- Mandrel for use in the machining of ophthalmic lenses3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108470 A1CooperVision International Limited
- Methods and apparatus relating to the machining of ophthalmic lenses31 Oct 2024US 2024/0359238 A1CooperVision International Limited
- Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing Contact Lens Moulds21 Jun 2018US 2018/0169980 A1CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
- Topology guided ocular lens design19 Apr 2018US 2018/0107021 A1Eyedeal Scanning, LLC.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Contact lens and a method for manufacturing contact lens91US 5,452,031 ABoston Eye Technology, Inc. · 1995
- Optical lens manufacturing apparatus and method61US 4,856,234 AResearch Machine Center, Inc. · 1989
- Method and apparatus adapted for automatic or semi-automatic fabrication of ultra-precision opthalmic lenses, e.g., contact lenses45US 4,460,275 AAutomated Optics, Inc. · 1984
- Cryogenic polishing method for soft acrylic articles43US 6,010,391 AAlcon Laboratories, Inc. · 2000
- Intraocular lens tumbling process using coated beads40US 5,961,370 AChiron Vision Corporation · 1999