G02B 3/0012
Characterised by the manufacturing method
Official title: {characterised by the manufacturing method}
G02B3/0012 (Characterised by the manufacturing method) appears on 1,304 US grants and 1,510 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,304
- Published applications
- 1,510
- Assignees
- 602
- Inventors
- 2,795
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 46 | 37 |
| 2025 | 39 | 38 |
| 2026 | 13 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Thermoform windshield stack with integrated formable mold11 Aug 2026US 12,704,664 B2RO Technologies, LLC
- Methods for compensating for crystal structure differential material removal rates in sub-aperture figuring processes28 Jul 2026US 12,691,548 B2Corning Incorporated
- Method of producing mold for microlens array through cutting28 Jul 2026US 12,693,451 B2Nalux Co., Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing roll mold, roll mold manufacturing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, microlens array, and roll mold23 Jun 2026US 12,661,715 B2Dexerials Corporation
- Array lens module calibration equipment and calibration method thereof19 May 2026US 12,631,518 B2Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Embedded lens structures and the methods of forming the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309896 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Creating 3D Objects and Digital 3D Objects24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288113 A1Illusory Material, Inc.
- Printing device and printing method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273953 A1Mutoh Industries Ltd.
- Abrasion Resistance For Patterned Lens10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267035 A1HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.
- Lens array and optical refractive panel and spectacles lens10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267036 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for multiple camera devices and method of operating same466US 7,199,348 B2Newport Imaging Corporation · 2007
- Compact digital camera with segmented fields of view362US 6,137,535 AEastman Kodak Company · 2000
- Method of making an integrated, microminiature electric-to-fluidic valve283US 4,966,646 AThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford University · 1990
- Microlens array substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and display device213US 6,909,121 B2Seiko Epson Corporation · 2005
- Fabrication process for mastering imaging lens arrays210US 8,231,814 B2Pelican Imaging Corporation · 2012