G02B 25/00
Eyepieces
Official title: Eyepieces; Magnifying glasses
G02B25/00 (Eyepieces) appears on 1,362 US grants and 1,222 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,362
- Published applications
- 1,222
- Assignees
- 523
- Inventors
- 2,182
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 32 | 0 |
| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
| 1999 | 40 | 0 |
| 2000 | 39 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 13 |
| 2002 | 28 | 22 |
| 2003 | 28 | 26 |
| 2004 | 31 | 31 |
| 2005 | 14 | 31 |
| 2006 | 22 | 19 |
| 2007 | 16 | 25 |
| 2008 | 17 | 26 |
| 2009 | 19 | 25 |
| 2010 | 17 | 32 |
| 2011 | 22 | 15 |
| 2012 | 13 | 29 |
| 2013 | 19 | 31 |
| 2014 | 25 | 30 |
| 2015 | 31 | 55 |
| 2016 | 37 | 58 |
| 2017 | 45 | 61 |
| 2018 | 45 | 99 |
| 2019 | 64 | 61 |
| 2020 | 55 | 76 |
| 2021 | 63 | 103 |
| 2022 | 73 | 71 |
| 2023 | 68 | 81 |
| 2024 | 72 | 91 |
| 2025 | 69 | 66 |
| 2026 | 51 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sight with detachable eyepiece6 Oct 2026US 12,754,411 B1
- Magnetic eyecup for binoculars, spotting scope, or other output optical device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,297 B2Leupold & Stevens, Inc.
- Head-mounted loupe29 Sep 2026US 12,748,299 B2Kondo Labo, Inc.
- Visual optical system15 Sep 2026US 12,736,731 B2Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co., Ltd.
- Cover architectures in curved eyepiece stacks for mixed reality applications15 Sep 2026US 12,736,799 B2Magic Leap, Inc.
- Observation optical system and optical apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309974 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Magnifying Container1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296735 A1
- Optical system and display apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299256 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299279 A1Asia Optical Co., Inc.
- Optical system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287880 A1Asia Optical Co., Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for optical see-through head mounted display with mutual occlusion and opaqueness control capability688US 9,547,174 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Wide-field of view (FOV) imaging devices with active foveation capability563US 9,851,563 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Wireless telephone display system392US 6,073,034 AKopin Corporation · 2000
- Credit card with magnifying lens334US 5,608,203 A1997
- Method for making a financial transaction card with embedded electronic circuitry288US 6,902,116 B2Innovative Card Technologies, Inc. · 2005