B29D 11/00009
Production of simple or compound lenses
Official title: {Production of simple or compound lenses}
B29D11/00009 (Production of simple or compound lenses) appears on 4,407 US grants and 5,054 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 4,407
- Published applications
- 5,054
- Assignees
- 1,353
- Inventors
- 7,554
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 23 | 0 |
| 1980 | 23 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 26 | 0 |
| 1987 | 30 | 0 |
| 1988 | 22 | 0 |
| 1989 | 27 | 0 |
| 1990 | 33 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 39 | 0 |
| 1993 | 39 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 34 | 0 |
| 1996 | 43 | 0 |
| 1997 | 59 | 0 |
| 1998 | 66 | 0 |
| 1999 | 63 | 0 |
| 2000 | 68 | 0 |
| 2001 | 68 | 28 |
| 2002 | 72 | 118 |
| 2003 | 85 | 121 |
| 2004 | 95 | 123 |
| 2005 | 73 | 149 |
| 2006 | 103 | 163 |
| 2007 | 70 | 201 |
| 2008 | 68 | 208 |
| 2009 | 84 | 208 |
| 2010 | 135 | 204 |
| 2011 | 130 | 193 |
| 2012 | 132 | 196 |
| 2013 | 147 | 213 |
| 2014 | 145 | 246 |
| 2015 | 160 | 210 |
| 2016 | 177 | 243 |
| 2017 | 194 | 237 |
| 2018 | 175 | 254 |
| 2019 | 201 | 248 |
| 2020 | 213 | 236 |
| 2021 | 194 | 254 |
| 2022 | 166 | 239 |
| 2023 | 192 | 231 |
| 2024 | 211 | 210 |
| 2025 | 211 | 182 |
| 2026 | 121 | 139 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29D 11/00038Production of contact lenses1,515
- B29D 11/00432Auxiliary operations827
- B29D 11/0048Moulds for lenses704
- B29D 11/00278Lenticular sheets549
- B29D 11/00317Production of lenses with markings or patterns434
- B29D 11/00365Production of microlenses371
- B29D 11/00413Made by moulding between two mould parts which are not in direct287
- B29D 11/00355With a refractive index gradient155
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
- Method for preparing a contact lens containing deprotected ultraviolet blockers15 Sep 2026US 12,734,773 B2Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Sandwiched colored hydrogel contact lenses15 Sep 2026US 12,736,714 B2Alcon Inc.
- Apparatus and method for photolithographically forming an ophthalmic lens8 Sep 2026US 12,728,606 B2Alcon Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for molding rigid ocular lenses8 Sep 2026US 12,728,607 B2Menicon Co., Ltd.
- 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.
- Ophthalmic lens and ophthalmic lens treatment method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310008 A1Essilor International
- Optical element, method for manufacturing optical element, material set, optical device, and system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299167 A1Sony Group Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Contact device for placement in direct apposition to the conjunctive of the eye493US 6,312,393 B12001
- Method and apparatus for signal acquisition, processing and transmission for evaluation of bodily functions399US 6,120,460 A2000