B29D 11/00
Producing optical elements
Official title: Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms (grinding or polishing of optical elements B24B; constructional form of optical elements G02B; {optical parts of spectacles G02C7/00})
B29D11/00 (Producing optical elements) appears on 7,960 US grants and 8,921 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 7,960
- Published applications
- 8,921
- Assignees
- 2,375
- Inventors
- 14,385
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 32 | 0 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 |
| 1978 | 51 | 0 |
| 1979 | 39 | 0 |
| 1980 | 49 | 0 |
| 1981 | 42 | 0 |
| 1982 | 33 | 0 |
| 1983 | 35 | 0 |
| 1984 | 37 | 0 |
| 1985 | 37 | 0 |
| 1986 | 51 | 0 |
| 1987 | 54 | 0 |
| 1988 | 48 | 0 |
| 1989 | 58 | 0 |
| 1990 | 54 | 0 |
| 1991 | 61 | 0 |
| 1992 | 82 | 0 |
| 1993 | 73 | 0 |
| 1994 | 68 | 0 |
| 1995 | 67 | 0 |
| 1996 | 75 | 0 |
| 1997 | 91 | 0 |
| 1998 | 109 | 0 |
| 1999 | 108 | 0 |
| 2000 | 125 | 0 |
| 2001 | 118 | 51 |
| 2002 | 116 | 187 |
| 2003 | 129 | 208 |
| 2004 | 148 | 216 |
| 2005 | 125 | 252 |
| 2006 | 163 | 249 |
| 2007 | 128 | 310 |
| 2008 | 119 | 350 |
| 2009 | 134 | 362 |
| 2010 | 212 | 394 |
| 2011 | 215 | 348 |
| 2012 | 248 | 369 |
| 2013 | 290 | 507 |
| 2014 | 301 | 483 |
| 2015 | 337 | 414 |
| 2016 | 360 | 520 |
| 2017 | 390 | 451 |
| 2018 | 367 | 442 |
| 2019 | 402 | 455 |
| 2020 | 381 | 417 |
| 2021 | 344 | 429 |
| 2022 | 319 | 395 |
| 2023 | 291 | 338 |
| 2024 | 323 | 314 |
| 2025 | 325 | 258 |
| 2026 | 169 | 202 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29D 11/00009Production of simple or compound lenses4,407
- B29D 11/0074Production of other optical elements not provided for in b29d11/00009- b29d11/00731,221
- B29D 11/00865Applying coatings1,080
- B29D 11/00663Production of light guides1,038
- B29D 11/0073Optical laminates1,034
- B29D 11/00634Production of filters607
- B29D 11/02Artificial eyes from organic plastic material328
- B29D 11/00932Combined cutting and grinding thereof291
Recent patents
- Method of providing refractive microstructures on a surface of a spectacle lens and spectacle lens design6 Oct 2026US 12,752,503 B2Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
- Optical devices including metastructures and methods for fabricating the optical devices29 Sep 2026US 12,748,240 B2NIL Technology ApS
- Plastic optical fiber, hybrid cable, patch cord, and active optical cable22 Sep 2026US 12,742,924 B2Nitto Denko Corporation
- Method for preparing a contact lens containing deprotected ultraviolet blockers15 Sep 2026US 12,734,773 B2Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Optical laminate, article, and production method for optical laminate15 Sep 2026US 12,734,774 B2Dexerials Corporation
- Optical member manufacturing method, and optical member manufacturing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307176 A1Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing optical element, and optical element8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307345 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for vergence matching with an optical profile and using refractive index writing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307346 A1AMO Groningen B. V.
- Method of fabricating molds for forming eyepieces with integrated spacers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307347 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- Ophthalmic lens and ophthalmic lens treatment method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310008 A1Essilor International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical film968US 5,882,774 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1999
- Method of producing annealed polyvinyl alcohol contact lens782US 4,619,793 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1986
- Extended wear ophthalmic lens578US 5,760,100 ACIBA Vision Corporation · 1998
- Method of forming articles including waveguides via capillary micromolding and microtransfer molding512US 6,355,198 B1President and Fellows of Harvard College · 2002
- Shaped plastic articles having replicated microstructure surfaces502US 4,576,850 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1986