B29D 11/0098
Inspecting lenses
Official title: {Inspecting lenses}
B29D11/0098 (Inspecting lenses) appears on 74 US grants and 99 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 74
- Published applications
- 99
- Assignees
- 42
- Inventors
- 234
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 3 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for operating a coating system for producing layer systems8 Sep 2026US 12,729,439 B2Rodenstock GmbH
- System and method for low-stress optical lens using a 3D-print correction technique14 Jul 2026US 12,679,056 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Methods for quality control of contact lenses2 Jun 2026US 12,645,100 B2Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Surface processing equipment2 Jun 2026US 12,646,696 B2Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Method for producing a semi-finished spectacle lens and semi-finished spectacle lens5 May 2026US 12,619,101 B2Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
- Systems, apparatus, and methods for lens metrology30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219130 A1
- Method for manufacturing by machining an ophthalmic device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200190 A1Essilor International
- A sterile contact lens 3d printing method and device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166825 A1
- 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.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for hydrating soft contact lenses110US 5,080,839 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1992
- Lens inspection system and method82US 5,500,732 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1996
- Ophthalmic lens inspection method and apparatus63US 5,717,781 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1998
- Contact lens inspection apparatus and lens mold for use in such apparatus55US 5,574,554 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1996
- Measurement of lenses and lens molds using optical coherence tomography45US 7,416,300 B2CooperVision International Holding Company, LP · 2008