B29D 11/00942
Where the lens material is mounted in a support for mounting onto
Official title: {where the lens material is mounted in a support for mounting onto a cutting device, e.g. a lathe, and where the support is of machinable material, e.g. plastics}
B29D11/00942 (Where the lens material is mounted in a support for mounting onto) appears on 124 US grants and 117 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 124
- Published applications
- 117
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 215
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Semi-finished lens, method and device for manufacturing an optical lens18 Aug 2026US 12,710,567 B2Essilor International
- Block piece for blocking a lens7 Apr 2026US 12,594,642 B2Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
- Surfacing station for manufacturing optical elements and related manufacturing facility17 Feb 2026US 12,551,979 B2Satisloh AG
- Partial coating of intraocular lenses using spatial atomic layer deposition13 Jan 2026US 12,522,920 B2AMO Groningen B. V.
- Method for adjusting the holder of an optical element held in a holder, optical component and optical assembly11 Nov 2025US 12,468,111 B2Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
- Apparatus and method for deblocking a lens5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034633 A1Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
- Contact lens assemblies and methods of manufacture thereof31 Jul 2025US 2025/0244611 A1CooperVision International Limited
- Method for Producing Spectacles Lenses, and a Positioning Receptacle for/having a Spectacles Lens Semifinished Product6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042110 A1Satisloh AG
- Surfacing station for manufacturing optical elements and related manufacturing facility12 Sep 2024US 2024/0300065 A1Satisloh AG
- Method and assembly for forming an intraocular lens11 Jul 2024US 2024/0227331 A1AMO Groningen B. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for forming optical lenses363US 4,197,266 ABausch & Lomb Incorporated · 1980
- Method of making high quality plastic lenses131US 4,166,088 A1979
- Automatic lens design and manufacturing system92US 7,111,938 B2Novartis AG · 2006
- Ultraviolet-hardenable adhesive61US 5,145,884 AMenicon Co., Ltd. · 1992
- Method and apparatus for making prescription eyeglass lenses59US 4,989,316 AGerber Scientific Products, Inc. · 1991