B65B 25/008
Packaging of contact lenses
Official title: {packaging of contact lenses}
B65B25/008 (Packaging of contact lenses) appears on 164 US grants and 169 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 164
- Published applications
- 169
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 381
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2019 | 0 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 14 |
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| 2023 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 8 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Contact lens packages having lens lifting arms and methods of handling30 Jun 2026US 12,667,172 B2Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Grafted polymer and use thereof16 Jun 2026US 12,655,286 B2Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Methods for quality control of contact lenses2 Jun 2026US 12,645,100 B2Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Primary packaging line for ophthalmic articles5 May 2026US 12,617,569 B2Alcon Inc.
- Packaging solutions24 Mar 2026US 12,582,742 B2Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Gripper for an ophthalmic lens and process for transporting an ophthalmic lens8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307276 A1Alcon Inc.
- Packaging solutions10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262813 A1Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Method and system for providing ophthalmic lenses in lens receptacles27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250027 A1Alcon Inc.
- Apparatus and method for separating blister strips27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250028 A1Alcon Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for manufacturing and shipping an optical lens adhered to a receiving surface18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166826 A1Atheneum Optical Sciences, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for sterilizing articles and providing sterile storage environments416US 5,618,492 A1997
- Stand alone swage apparatus368US 6,012,216 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000
- Packaging arrangement for contact lenses132US 5,620,088 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1997
- Automatic order selection system and method of operating100US 5,720,157 ASI Handling Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Parametric control in pulsed light sterilization of packages and their contents82US 5,925,885 APurePulse Technologies, Inc. · 1999