B29D 11/00365
Production of microlenses
Official title: {Production of microlenses (lenticular sheets B29D11/00278)}
B29D11/00365 (Production of microlenses) appears on 371 US grants and 481 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 371
- Published applications
- 481
- Assignees
- 231
- Inventors
- 931
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of producing mold for microlens array through cutting28 Jul 2026US 12,693,451 B2Nalux Co., Ltd.
- Functional layer application system12 May 2026US 12,623,418 B2HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.
- Method for producing an XUV and X-ray diffractive optic28 Apr 2026US 12,611,828 B2Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur FöRderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.
- Three-dimensional printing of glass micro-optics24 Feb 2026US 12,558,839 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Manufacturing optical elements9 Dec 2025US 12,491,692 B2Heptagon Photonics Pte. Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing an ophthalmic article having at least one microstructured surface, and ophthalmic article thus obtained6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225334 A1Essilor International
- Method for manufacturing optical component4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151973 A1Towa Corporation
- Replication tool for producing a plurality of optical elements, and method for producing a plurality of optical elements4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151974 A1Heptagon Photonics Pte. Ltd.
- Manufacturing method of an optical article incorporating optical elements by inkjet printing9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098987 A1Essilor International
- Wafer-level optics12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043972 A1Heptagon Photonics Pte. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hybrid optical/electronic structures fabricated by a common molding process210US 7,391,572 B2International Business Machines Corporation · 2008
- Solid immersion lens structures and methods for producing solid immersion lens structures145US 6,301,055 B1California Institute of Technology · 2001
- Solid immersion lens structures and methods for producing solid immersion lens structures123US 6,560,030 B2California Institute of Technology · 2003
- Method for producing micro-optical components121US 5,707,684 AMicroFab Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Solid immersion lens structures and methods for producing solid immersion lens structures119US 6,608,726 B2California Institute of Technology · 2003