G02C 13/008
Devices specially adapted for cleaning contact lenses
Official title: {Devices specially adapted for cleaning contact lenses}
G02C13/008 (Devices specially adapted for cleaning contact lenses) appears on 148 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
- 148
- Published applications
- 55
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 211
- Latest grant
- 9 Jul 2024
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 8 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ocular device case and refill container used for the ocular device case9 Jul 2024US 12,029,823 B2Menicon Co., Ltd.
- Smart automated contact lens cleansing device9 Apr 2024US 11,953,758 B2
- Multi-chamber fluid cartridge for smart automated contact lens cleansing device2 Apr 2024US 11,947,190 B2
- Contact lens cleaner5 Mar 2024US 11,921,356 B2SainTech, LLC
- Cleaning device for orthokeratology lens2 Jan 2024US 11,860,451 B2National Taipei University of Technology
- Corneal lens cleaning mechanism17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277031 A1Ningbo Kaida Rubber and Plastic Technology Co., Ltd
- Automatic contact lens care device12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186650 A1Suzhou 3N Biological Technology Co., Ltd
- Ocular device case and refill container used for the ocular device case26 Sep 2024US 2024/0316241 A1Menicon Co., Ltd.
- Contact lens cleaner, and protein removal and sterilization method by means of electrophoresis dissociation5 Oct 2023US 2023/0314845 A1Suzhou 3N Biological Technology Co., Ltd
- Contact lens product having antioxidative function28 Sep 2023US 2023/0301908 A1Pegavision Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscope cleaner/sterilizer145US 5,443,801 AKew Import/Export Inc. · 1995
- Process for hydrating soft contact lenses110US 5,080,839 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1992
- Disposable single-use contact lens conditioning package84US 5,054,610 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1991
- Vented apparatus for storing and cleaning an element74US 5,143,104 AAllergan, Inc. · 1992
- Flexible contact lens cleaning, storing, and wetting compositions70US 3,954,644 AFlow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 1976