B29D 11/0023
Transferring contact lenses
Official title: {Transferring contact lenses}
B29D11/0023 (Transferring contact lenses) appears on 94 US grants and 93 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 94
- Published applications
- 93
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 245
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 9 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gripper system for an ophthalmic lens5 May 2026US 12,617,632 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.
- Lens clamping device18 Nov 2025US 12,472,709 B2Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Bernoulli gripper for intraocular and contact lenses14 Oct 2025US 12,440,326 B2Alcon Inc.
- 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.
- Ophthalmic lens gripper5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061635 A1Alcon Inc.
- Production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381745 A1Alcon Inc.
- Systems and methods for insert placement to fabricate hybrid contact lenses16 Oct 2025US 2025/0319678 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chamber for hydrating contact lenses97US 5,094,609 AVistakon, Inc. · 1992
- Automated apparatus for preparing contact lenses for inspection and packaging65US 5,578,331 AVision Products, LLC · 1996
- Consolidated contact lens molding58US 5,804,107 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1998
- Methods for high-precision gap and orientation sensing between a transparent template and substrate for imprint lithography57US 6,954,275 B2Boards of Regents, The University of Texas System · 2005
- Consolidated contact lens molding54US 6,039,899 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 2000