B29L 2011/00
Optical elements
Official title: Optical elements, e.g. lenses, prisms
B29L2011/00 (Optical elements) appears on 2,506 US grants and 2,801 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29L- Granted patents
- 2,506
- Published applications
- 2,801
- Assignees
- 1,102
- Inventors
- 5,592
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 27 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 38 | 0 |
| 1996 | 44 | 0 |
| 1997 | 43 | 0 |
| 1998 | 50 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 0 |
| 2000 | 50 | 0 |
| 2001 | 46 | 21 |
| 2002 | 44 | 97 |
| 2003 | 54 | 127 |
| 2004 | 82 | 127 |
| 2005 | 69 | 127 |
| 2006 | 68 | 123 |
| 2007 | 57 | 150 |
| 2008 | 66 | 116 |
| 2009 | 43 | 109 |
| 2010 | 80 | 126 |
| 2011 | 68 | 92 |
| 2012 | 74 | 94 |
| 2013 | 73 | 81 |
| 2014 | 57 | 124 |
| 2015 | 77 | 167 |
| 2016 | 104 | 179 |
| 2017 | 104 | 134 |
| 2018 | 113 | 112 |
| 2019 | 133 | 110 |
| 2020 | 96 | 99 |
| 2021 | 81 | 114 |
| 2022 | 83 | 90 |
| 2023 | 65 | 87 |
| 2024 | 86 | 80 |
| 2025 | 75 | 74 |
| 2026 | 42 | 41 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and methods for molding rigid ocular lenses8 Sep 2026US 12,728,607 B2Menicon Co., Ltd.
- Method for making embedded hydrogel contact lenses25 Aug 2026US 12,715,186 B2Alcon Inc.
- Multifocal ophthalmic lens having a plurality of layers of cured polymerizable mixture25 Aug 2026US 12,717,169 B2Atheneum Optical Sciences, LLC
- Method of setting up a joining device, method of joining a cover lens to a housing of a motor vehicle lighting device and system11 Aug 2026US 12,703,155 B2Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.
- Lightguide for a vehicle lamp, vehicle lamp, mould for moulding the lightguide and method of manufacturing the mould11 Aug 2026US 12,704,235 B2Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.
- End mill, method of producing microlens production mold, and apparatus of producing microlens production mold1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295689 A1Dexerials Corporation
- Silicone prepolymer and contact lens formed therefrom10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263358 A1
- Optimized additive manufacturing of optics27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249557 A1Vadient Optics, LLC
- Shaped optical film20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243939 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Method for manufacturing at least one optical element, particularly at least one optical element for an augmented and/or virtual reality device, and/or an augmented and/or virtual reality device, comprising at least one optical element6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225310 A1xolo GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Extended wear ophthalmic lens578US 5,760,100 ACIBA Vision Corporation · 1998
- Method of forming articles including waveguides via capillary micromolding and microtransfer molding512US 6,355,198 B1President and Fellows of Harvard College · 2002
- Method for forming optical lenses363US 4,197,266 ABausch & Lomb Incorporated · 1980
- LED with phosphor tile and overmolded phosphor in lens363US 7,858,408 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2010
- Process for making silicone containing hydrogel lenses331US 5,260,000 ABausch & Lomb Incorporated · 1993