B29D 11/00865
Applying coatings
Official title: {Applying coatings; tinting; colouring (printing, marking or copying processes B41M; identification in general G09F3/00; producing decorative effects in general B44C; positioning or marking of lenses B24B13/0055)}
B29D11/00865 (Applying coatings) appears on 1,080 US grants and 1,296 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 1,080
- Published applications
- 1,296
- Assignees
- 462
- Inventors
- 2,285
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 6 |
| 2002 | 10 | 16 |
| 2003 | 9 | 17 |
| 2004 | 13 | 22 |
| 2005 | 16 | 19 |
| 2006 | 21 | 22 |
| 2007 | 10 | 27 |
| 2008 | 5 | 34 |
| 2009 | 9 | 44 |
| 2010 | 17 | 37 |
| 2011 | 14 | 44 |
| 2012 | 30 | 37 |
| 2013 | 33 | 39 |
| 2014 | 23 | 46 |
| 2015 | 32 | 53 |
| 2016 | 49 | 67 |
| 2017 | 41 | 84 |
| 2018 | 44 | 84 |
| 2019 | 63 | 90 |
| 2020 | 73 | 77 |
| 2021 | 69 | 82 |
| 2022 | 52 | 87 |
| 2023 | 51 | 82 |
| 2024 | 79 | 68 |
| 2025 | 71 | 65 |
| 2026 | 40 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical laminate, article, and production method for optical laminate15 Sep 2026US 12,734,774 B2Dexerials Corporation
- Forming a combined lens8 Sep 2026US 12,728,608 B2Addon Optics Ltd.
- Method for operating a coating system for producing layer systems8 Sep 2026US 12,729,439 B2Rodenstock GmbH
- High performance multi spectral coated freeform optical elements25 Aug 2026US 12,715,188 B2Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Method for deriving a surface profile of a free-form master lens for patterning photo-alignment layers of planar optical components25 Aug 2026US 12,717,188 B2Universiteit Gent
- Eyewear with antibacterial coating17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275530 A1Zenni Optical, Inc.
- Lenticular Printer13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233535 A1Fotostax, Inc.
- Article comprising a nanolaminate coating13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235793 A1Corporation De L'ecole Polytechnique De Montreal
- Method for manufacturing an ophthalmic article having at least one microstructured surface, and ophthalmic article thus obtained6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225334 A1Essilor International
- Lens For Wavelength Selective Scattering6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227644 A1HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pigment-free coating compositions319US 3,986,997 ADow Corning Corporation · 1976
- Soft corneal contact lens with tightly cross-linked polymer coating and method of making same307US 4,312,575 A1982
- Pigment-free coating compositions241US 4,027,073 ADow Corning Corporation · 1977
- Annular mask lens having diffraction reducing edges205US 5,905,561 APBH, Inc. · 1999
- Variable transmissivity annular mask lens for the treatment of optical aberrations201US 5,662,706 APBH, Inc. · 1997