G02C 7/00
Optical parts
Official title: Optical parts (characterised by the material G02B1/00)
G02C7/00 (Optical parts) appears on 8,467 US grants and 9,269 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
- 8,467
- Published applications
- 9,269
- Assignees
- 2,030
- Inventors
- 10,026
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 33 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 0 |
| 1979 | 25 | 0 |
| 1980 | 28 | 0 |
| 1981 | 36 | 0 |
| 1982 | 27 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
| 1984 | 32 | 0 |
| 1985 | 38 | 0 |
| 1986 | 51 | 0 |
| 1987 | 60 | 0 |
| 1988 | 52 | 0 |
| 1989 | 89 | 0 |
| 1990 | 85 | 0 |
| 1991 | 80 | 0 |
| 1992 | 87 | 0 |
| 1993 | 66 | 0 |
| 1994 | 60 | 0 |
| 1995 | 72 | 0 |
| 1996 | 78 | 0 |
| 1997 | 78 | 0 |
| 1998 | 116 | 0 |
| 1999 | 103 | 0 |
| 2000 | 122 | 0 |
| 2001 | 101 | 31 |
| 2002 | 89 | 105 |
| 2003 | 98 | 130 |
| 2004 | 123 | 145 |
| 2005 | 111 | 189 |
| 2006 | 134 | 199 |
| 2007 | 106 | 177 |
| 2008 | 106 | 192 |
| 2009 | 108 | 175 |
| 2010 | 142 | 232 |
| 2011 | 158 | 263 |
| 2012 | 168 | 307 |
| 2013 | 187 | 315 |
| 2014 | 302 | 413 |
| 2015 | 296 | 541 |
| 2016 | 302 | 465 |
| 2017 | 397 | 593 |
| 2018 | 389 | 596 |
| 2019 | 552 | 587 |
| 2020 | 496 | 605 |
| 2021 | 446 | 613 |
| 2022 | 450 | 594 |
| 2023 | 443 | 549 |
| 2024 | 465 | 510 |
| 2025 | 490 | 420 |
| 2026 | 313 | 323 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of providing refractive microstructures on a surface of a spectacle lens and spectacle lens design6 Oct 2026US 12,752,503 B2Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
- Method and system for determining an optic center of a lens blank6 Oct 2026US 12,754,098 B2Benz Research and Development Corporation
- Apparatus and method for measuring visual acuity by using focus-tunable lens6 Oct 2026US 12,754,350 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Tilt and offset correction for scleral and normal contact lenses6 Oct 2026US 12,754,441 B2WaveFront Dynamics, Inc.
- Contact lenses with color filtering zone6 Oct 2026US 12,754,442 B2Alcon Inc.
- Lifitegrast-containing ink binder for ophthalmic devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306478 A1Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Optical member manufacturing method, and optical member manufacturing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307176 A1Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd.
- Optical assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309898 A1Optotune Switzerland AG
- Method and system for producing light manipulating pattern on a surface8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309903 A1Bar-Ilan University
- Lens control device using artificial intelligence and smart variable-focus lens and lens control method using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309986 A1Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of producing annealed polyvinyl alcohol contact lens782US 4,619,793 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1986
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods701US 9,791,700 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Novel prepolymers useful in biomedical devices618US 5,034,461 ABausch & Lomb Incorporated · 1991
- Intelligent electro-optical system and method for automatic glare reduction598US 5,305,012 AReveo, Inc. · 1994
- Extended wear ophthalmic lens578US 5,760,100 ACIBA Vision Corporation · 1998