G02B 3/00
Simple or compound lenses
G02B3/00 (Simple or compound lenses) appears on 11,086 US grants and 12,624 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 11,086
- Published applications
- 12,624
- Assignees
- 3,101
- Inventors
- 18,294
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 15 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 30 | 0 |
| 1985 | 31 | 0 |
| 1986 | 27 | 0 |
| 1987 | 50 | 0 |
| 1988 | 48 | 0 |
| 1989 | 69 | 0 |
| 1990 | 72 | 0 |
| 1991 | 83 | 0 |
| 1992 | 60 | 0 |
| 1993 | 71 | 0 |
| 1994 | 50 | 0 |
| 1995 | 75 | 0 |
| 1996 | 75 | 0 |
| 1997 | 106 | 0 |
| 1998 | 102 | 0 |
| 1999 | 109 | 0 |
| 2000 | 116 | 0 |
| 2001 | 114 | 45 |
| 2002 | 122 | 141 |
| 2003 | 117 | 157 |
| 2004 | 158 | 222 |
| 2005 | 146 | 277 |
| 2006 | 195 | 342 |
| 2007 | 188 | 355 |
| 2008 | 197 | 361 |
| 2009 | 223 | 412 |
| 2010 | 308 | 469 |
| 2011 | 279 | 368 |
| 2012 | 289 | 439 |
| 2013 | 319 | 433 |
| 2014 | 407 | 492 |
| 2015 | 438 | 679 |
| 2016 | 457 | 634 |
| 2017 | 528 | 603 |
| 2018 | 502 | 669 |
| 2019 | 640 | 766 |
| 2020 | 644 | 789 |
| 2021 | 645 | 923 |
| 2022 | 643 | 877 |
| 2023 | 621 | 709 |
| 2024 | 658 | 634 |
| 2025 | 622 | 494 |
| 2026 | 325 | 334 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 3/0006Arrays5,048
- G02B 3/02Simple or compound lenses: with non-spherical faces3,288
- G02B 3/12Fluid-filled or evacuated lenses1,961
- G02B 3/0087Simple or compound lenses: with index gradient788
- G02B 2003/0093Simple or compound lenses: characterised by the shapeIndexing code298
- G02B 3/10Bifocal lenses214
- G02B 3/0081Simple or compound lenses: having one or more elements with analytic function191
Recent patents
- Etendue-preserving Raman sampling optics6 Oct 2026US 12,754,130 B2Endress+Hauser Optical Analysis, Inc.
- Sub-surface compound microlenses6 Oct 2026US 12,754,349 B2Intel Corporation
- Apparatus and method for measuring visual acuity by using focus-tunable lens6 Oct 2026US 12,754,350 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Diffuser plate, display device, projecting device, and lighting device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,352 B2Dexerials Corporation
- Lens assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,754,393 B2Asia Optical Co., Inc.
- Cultivating methods and apparatuses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305597 A1
- Method for manufacturing optical element, and optical element8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307345 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Embedded lens structures and the methods of forming the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309896 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Imaging Lighting Lenses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309897 A1
- Optical assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309898 A1Optotune Switzerland AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods701US 9,791,700 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Focus module and components with actuator544US 8,687,282 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Apparatus for multiple camera devices and method of operating same466US 7,199,348 B2Newport Imaging Corporation · 2007
- Capturing and processing of images using monolithic camera array with heterogeneous imagers431US 8,514,491 B2Pelican Imaging Corporation · 2013
- Autofocus lens system for indicia readers413US 9,224,022 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2015