B24B 13/0055
Positioning of lenses
Official title: {Positioning of lenses; Marking of lenses}
B24B13/0055 (Positioning of lenses) appears on 137 US grants and 138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 137
- Published applications
- 138
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 264
- Latest grant
- 20 Jan 2026
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| 2005 | 5 | 10 |
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| 2021 | 3 | 7 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 10 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for marking a coated ophthalmic lens20 Jan 2026US 12,528,262 B2Transitions Optical, Inc.
- Method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens20 Jan 2026US 12,529,909 B2Essilor International
- Method for adjusting the holder of an optical element held in a holder, optical component and optical assembly11 Nov 2025US 12,468,111 B2Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
- Apparatus and method for lens processing and processing device and measuring device for lenses4 Nov 2025US 12,459,072 B2Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
- Method of optimizing a support material for an operation of surfacing of a lens blank2 Sep 2025US 12,403,557 B2Essilor International
- Method and device for centering an ophthalmic lens10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267162 A1Essilor International
- Machine for Machining of Optical Workpieces made of Plastic, in Particular Spectacle Lenses13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233352 A1Satisloh AG
- Method for manufacturing by machining an ophthalmic device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200190 A1Essilor International
- Method for Machining Glasses Lenses, and Workpiece Holding Head for Optical Workpieces such as Glasses Lenses11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158609 A1Satisloh AG
- Device for polishing an optical lens or an optical mirror and method for polishing an optical lens or an optical mirror12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070180 A1Roland Mandler GmbH & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical lens manufacturing apparatus and method61US 4,856,234 AResearch Machine Center, Inc. · 1989
- Marking of lenses55US 4,219,721 ARevlon, Inc. · 1980
- Manufacturing ophthalmic lenses using lens structure cognition and spatial positioning system45US 6,012,965 AMicro Optics Design Corporation · 2000
- Apparatus for centering and placing an adapter on an optical lens blank and for controlling a grinder39US 4,737,918 ABriot International · 1988
- System and method for ophthalmic lens manufacture33US 6,568,990 B2NCRx Optical Solutions, Inc. · 2003