G02C 7/024
Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses
Official title: {Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses}
G02C7/024 (Methods of designing ophthalmic lenses) appears on 1,302 US grants and 1,559 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
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- 1,559
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- 350
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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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 for designing spectacle lens, method for manufacturing spectacle lens, and system for designing spectacle lens29 Sep 2026US 12,748,321 B2Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd.
- Light field processor system29 Sep 2026US 12,748,322 B2Magic Leap, Inc.
- Method for evaluating at least one light protection level of at least one optical product intended to face an eye of a user22 Sep 2026US 12,742,978 B2Essilor International
- Techniques for quantitatively assessing tear-film dynamics15 Sep 2026US 12,733,804 B2Alcon Inc.
- Ophthalmic lens and ophthalmic lens treatment method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310008 A1Essilor International
- Spectacle lens1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299313 A1Essilor International
- An ophthalmic lens for affecting the progression of myopia and a method for designing the lens thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299317 A1Shamir Optical Industry Ltd.
- Spectacle lens comprising ring-shaped structures and method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287929 A1Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
- Reducing the progression of myopia by means of an adapted active region24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287930 A1Rodenstock GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Accommodating, reduced ADD power multifocal intraocular lenses304US 6,554,859 B1Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. · 2003
- Wide depth of focus intraocular and contact lenses246US 5,260,727 A1993
- Multifocal ophthalmic lens with induced aperture243US 6,474,814 B1Florida Optical Engineering, Inc · 2002
- Multifocal birefringent lens system237US 5,142,411 A1992
- Methods of obtaining ophthalmic lenses providing the eye with reduced aberrations228US 6,609,793 B2Pharmacia Groningen BV · 2003