G02B 1/041
Lenses
Official title: {Lenses}
G02B1/041 (Lenses) appears on 4,015 US grants and 4,146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 4,015
- Published applications
- 4,146
- Assignees
- 1,019
- Inventors
- 5,648
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 23 | 0 |
| 1980 | 20 | 0 |
| 1981 | 23 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 29 | 0 |
| 1985 | 27 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 39 | 0 |
| 1988 | 33 | 0 |
| 1989 | 45 | 0 |
| 1990 | 51 | 0 |
| 1991 | 48 | 0 |
| 1992 | 54 | 0 |
| 1993 | 53 | 0 |
| 1994 | 67 | 0 |
| 1995 | 58 | 0 |
| 1996 | 62 | 0 |
| 1997 | 57 | 0 |
| 1998 | 55 | 0 |
| 1999 | 68 | 0 |
| 2000 | 50 | 0 |
| 2001 | 67 | 22 |
| 2002 | 58 | 74 |
| 2003 | 57 | 98 |
| 2004 | 62 | 93 |
| 2005 | 53 | 85 |
| 2006 | 64 | 96 |
| 2007 | 44 | 109 |
| 2008 | 41 | 94 |
| 2009 | 33 | 94 |
| 2010 | 69 | 122 |
| 2011 | 69 | 105 |
| 2012 | 79 | 134 |
| 2013 | 118 | 169 |
| 2014 | 104 | 162 |
| 2015 | 160 | 177 |
| 2016 | 157 | 194 |
| 2017 | 156 | 219 |
| 2018 | 149 | 252 |
| 2019 | 239 | 324 |
| 2020 | 247 | 270 |
| 2021 | 204 | 255 |
| 2022 | 161 | 213 |
| 2023 | 164 | 217 |
| 2024 | 174 | 214 |
| 2025 | 181 | 180 |
| 2026 | 122 | 174 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Polymerizable composition for optical material, optical material, and use thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,747,336 B2Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- Optical lens that contains thermoplastic resin22 Sep 2026US 12,742,909 B2Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
- Machine vision system and method with multispectral light assembly22 Sep 2026US 12,744,986 B2Cognex Corporation
- Method for preparing a contact lens containing deprotected ultraviolet blockers15 Sep 2026US 12,734,773 B2Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Sandwiched colored hydrogel contact lenses15 Sep 2026US 12,736,714 B2Alcon Inc.
- Method for manufacturing optical element, and optical element8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307345 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical system and camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309960 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Non-contact wide angle viewing system with front lens assembly having anti-fogging, anti-reflective coating1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294240 A1Alcon Inc.
- Higher-molecular photochromic dyes having at least one and not more than four naphthopyran subunits and multiple polyether chains1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297330 A1
- Method for producing tetrafunctional thiol with episulfide resin as starting material1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299165 A1Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of producing annealed polyvinyl alcohol contact lens782US 4,619,793 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1986
- Collagen-polymer conjugates778US 5,162,430 ACollagen Corporation · 1992
- Polysiloxane hydrogels775US 4,136,250 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1979
- Polysiloxane composition and contact lens629US 4,153,641 ABausch & Lomb Incorporated · 1979
- Extended wear ophthalmic lens578US 5,760,100 ACIBA Vision Corporation · 1998