B29L 2011/0016
Lenses
Official title: {Lenses}
B29L2011/0016 (Lenses) appears on 1,481 US grants and 1,585 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29L- Granted patents
- 1,481
- Published applications
- 1,585
- Assignees
- 621
- Inventors
- 3,008
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 37 | 0 |
| 1998 | 42 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 35 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 13 |
| 2002 | 34 | 65 |
| 2003 | 37 | 83 |
| 2004 | 50 | 74 |
| 2005 | 44 | 76 |
| 2006 | 45 | 80 |
| 2007 | 30 | 107 |
| 2008 | 40 | 80 |
| 2009 | 38 | 73 |
| 2010 | 57 | 72 |
| 2011 | 47 | 65 |
| 2012 | 44 | 49 |
| 2013 | 43 | 46 |
| 2014 | 28 | 61 |
| 2015 | 39 | 69 |
| 2016 | 52 | 78 |
| 2017 | 48 | 63 |
| 2018 | 54 | 55 |
| 2019 | 58 | 47 |
| 2020 | 44 | 54 |
| 2021 | 36 | 65 |
| 2022 | 45 | 49 |
| 2023 | 37 | 46 |
| 2024 | 57 | 50 |
| 2025 | 46 | 38 |
| 2026 | 25 | 27 |
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.
- Method to manufacture a mold for lenses, and corresponding mold28 Jul 2026US 12,691,650 B2Leonardo Vision S.R.L.
- 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
- Method for manufacturing optical member, mold for imprinting, and optical member30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216947 A1Dexerials Corporation
- Method for producing a functional element with surface structures, and functional element30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216948 A1Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
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
- Process for making silicone containing hydrogel lenses331US 5,260,000 ABausch & Lomb Incorporated · 1993
- Extended wear ophthalmic lens280US 5,849,811 ACIBA Vision Corporation · 1998