B24B 13/02
Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses
Official title: by means of tools with abrading surfaces corresponding in shape with the lenses to be made
B24B13/02 (Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses) appears on 132 US grants and 109 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 132
- Published applications
- 109
- Assignees
- 70
- Inventors
- 223
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for processing optical workpieces7 Apr 2026US 12,594,641 B2Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
- Surfacing station for manufacturing optical elements and related manufacturing facility17 Feb 2026US 12,551,979 B2Satisloh AG
- Double-sided polishing method for optical lens3 Jun 2025US 12,318,884 B2Dalian University of Technology
- Surfacing station for manufacturing optical elements and related manufacturing facility2 Jul 2024US 12,023,775 B2Satisloh AG
- Tool, device, and method for polishing lenses6 Feb 2024US 11,890,712 B2Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
- Graduated and adaptive polishing tools, and method for the production thereof28 May 2026US 2026/0145299 A1Satisloh AG
- Method for polishing spectacle lens and method for manufacturing spectacle lens24 Oct 2024US 2024/0351159 A1Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd.
- Device for polishing an optical lens or an optical mirror and method for polishing an optical lens or an optical mirror17 Oct 2024US 2024/0342860 A1Roland Mandler GmbH & Co. KG
- Surfacing station for manufacturing optical elements and related manufacturing facility12 Sep 2024US 2024/0300065 A1Satisloh AG
- Double-sided polishing method for optical lens18 Apr 2024US 2024/0123567 A1Dalian University of Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coated abrasives with rapidly curable adhesives69US 5,527,368 ANorton Company · 1996
- Abrading machine35US 6,796,877 B1University College London · 2004
- System and method for ophthalmic lens manufacture33US 6,568,990 B2NCRx Optical Solutions, Inc. · 2003
- Attachment system for lens surfacing pad28US 6,089,963 AInland Diamond Products Company · 2000
- Apparatus for polishing curved surfaces24US 4,232,485 ADollond & Aitschison (Services) Limited · 1980