G02B 7/027
The lens being in the form of a sphere or ball
Official title: {the lens being in the form of a sphere or ball}
G02B7/027 (The lens being in the form of a sphere or ball) appears on 90 US grants and 88 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 90
- Published applications
- 88
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 218
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
Filings by year
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| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1 |
| 2006 | 7 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Lens with lens barrel23 Dec 2025US 12,504,563 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Objective optical system, optical unit, and endoscope apparatus with lenses of partially spherical shape9 Dec 2025US 12,490,883 B2Olympus Corporation
- Camera assemblies with a flanged lens module2 Dec 2025US 12,487,509 B2Apple Inc.
- Microsphere holder18 Feb 2025US 12,228,717 B2Phaos Technology Pte. Ltd.
- Light-emitting element lamp and method for manufacturing the same1 Oct 2024US 12,107,199 B2Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
- Silk Screen Fabrication System and Method21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264686 A1Geospace Technologies Corporation
- Autofocus camera structure26 Jun 2025US 2025/0208373 A1Shenzhen Tinno Wireless Technology Co., Ltd.
- Camera Assemblies with a Flanged Lens Module23 Jan 2025US 2025/0028228 A1Apple Inc.
- Optical apparatus and adjustment method2 May 2024US 2024/0142743 A1NEC Corporation
- Objective optical system, optical unit, and endoscope apparatus21 Dec 2023US 2023/0404370 A1Olympus Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated lens system for image sensor and method for manufacturing the same112US 7,215,479 B1Micron Technology, Inc. · 2007
- Microlens for projection lithography and method of preparation thereof106US 7,057,832 B2President and Fellows of Harvard College · 2006
- Bulb for light-emitting diode with color-converting insert48US 7,686,478 B1iLight Technologies, Inc. · 2010
- Ball lens micro-cell46US 5,037,199 ALinear Instruments · 1991
- Method of making alignment grooves in an optical connector support member36US 6,096,229 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 2000