G02B 3/02
Simple or compound lenses: with non-spherical faces
Official title: with non-spherical faces (G02B3/10 takes precedence)
G02B3/02 (Simple or compound lenses: with non-spherical faces) appears on 3,288 US grants and 3,573 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 3,288
- Published applications
- 3,573
- Assignees
- 1,323
- Inventors
- 6,189
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 28 | 0 |
| 1990 | 33 | 0 |
| 1991 | 34 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 34 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | 32 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 7 |
| 2002 | 28 | 26 |
| 2003 | 20 | 44 |
| 2004 | 48 | 73 |
| 2005 | 49 | 80 |
| 2006 | 49 | 75 |
| 2007 | 47 | 84 |
| 2008 | 39 | 66 |
| 2009 | 53 | 86 |
| 2010 | 76 | 120 |
| 2011 | 49 | 76 |
| 2012 | 78 | 103 |
| 2013 | 69 | 100 |
| 2014 | 105 | 132 |
| 2015 | 126 | 152 |
| 2016 | 116 | 198 |
| 2017 | 183 | 175 |
| 2018 | 138 | 214 |
| 2019 | 197 | 283 |
| 2020 | 225 | 260 |
| 2021 | 237 | 305 |
| 2022 | 189 | 257 |
| 2023 | 205 | 208 |
| 2024 | 208 | 185 |
| 2025 | 170 | 156 |
| 2026 | 112 | 108 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Diffuser plate, display device, projecting device, and lighting device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,352 B2Dexerials Corporation
- Diamond lens29 Sep 2026US 12,748,241 B2Element Six Technologies Limited
- Optical component integrally formed of transparent rectangular solid portion and lens, and optical module using the same29 Sep 2026US 12,748,243 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Meta lens and optical apparatus including the same29 Sep 2026US 12,748,244 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Laser scanner15 Sep 2026US 12,736,629 B2Riegel Laser Measurement Systems, GmbH
- Method for manufacturing optical element, and optical element8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307345 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309898 A1Optotune Switzerland AG
- Apparatus and methods to render 3d digital content having multiple views8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310005 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Optical lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299166 A1Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Optical element, image sensor, and image pickup apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299174 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Focus module and components with actuator544US 8,687,282 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- High-efficiency, multilevel, diffractive optical elements373US 4,895,790 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1990
- Credit card with magnifying lens334US 5,608,203 A1997
- Eyeglass display lens system employing off-axis optical design331US 6,353,503 B1The Micropitical Corporation · 2002
- Side emitting LED and lens330US 6,679,621 B2Lumileds Lighting U.S., LLC · 2004