B29D 11/00173
Conveying moulds
Official title: {Conveying moulds}
B29D11/00173 (Conveying moulds) appears on 36 US grants and 35 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 36
- Published applications
- 35
- Assignees
- 10
- Inventors
- 88
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method to manufacture a contact lens with an embedded element19 May 2026US 12,629,906 B2Alcon Inc.
- Mold unit for molding ophthalmic lenses31 Mar 2026US 12,589,564 B2Alcon Inc.
- Production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses20 Jan 2026US 12,528,261 B2Alcon Inc.
- Production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses6 Jan 2026US 12,515,424 B2Alcon Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for producing contact lenses30 Dec 2025US 12,508,787 B2CooperVision International Limited
- Production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses21 May 2026US 2026/0138342 A1Alcon Inc.
- Production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses7 May 2026US 2026/0124815 A1Alcon Inc.
- Thermal curing apparatus29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027792 A1Alcon Inc.
- Method and apparatus relating to injection molding contact lens mold halves8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008244 A1CooperVision International Limited
- Production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381745 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated apparatus for hydrating soft contact lenses67US 5,762,081 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1998
- Automated method and apparatus for hydrating soft contact lenses63US 5,836,323 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1998
- Optical plastics and methods for making the same37US 5,319,007 A1994
- Automated method and apparatus for single sided hydration of soft contact lenses in package carriers35US 6,071,112 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 2000
- Methods and systems for coating eyeglass lens molds35US 7,044,429 B1Q2100, Inc. · 2006