G02C 7/045
Sectorial configuration
Official title: {Sectorial configuration}
G02C7/045 (Sectorial configuration) appears on 129 US grants and 106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
- 129
- Published applications
- 106
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 161
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 |
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| 2018 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | 8 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Treating ocular refractive error3 Mar 2026US 12,566,339 B2Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited
- Geometrically defined shapes and/or contour optical elements for ophthalmic lenses and methods for creating such geometrically defined shapes and/or contour optical elements11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161019 A1Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited
- Spherical astigmatism correcting contact lenses26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086393 A1Journey1, Inc.
- Contact Lenses for Myopic Eyes and Methods of Treating Myopia21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264735 A1Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited
- Ophthalmic lenses and methods relating thereto14 Aug 2025US 2025/0258390 A1CooperVision International Limited
- Spherical astigmatism correcting contact lenses15 May 2025US 2025/0155728 A1Journey1, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical lens for correcting astigmatism451US 5,016,977 AEssilor International-Compagnie Generale · 1991
- Multifocal multizone diffractive ophthalmic lenses207US 5,096,285 AIolab Corporation · 1992
- Bifocal contact lenses206US 4,704,016 AN.G. Trustees & Nominees, Ltd. · 1987
- Ophthalmic lenses203US 7,036,931 B2Novartis AG · 2006
- Aspheric ophthalmic accommodating lens design for intraocular lens and contact lens186US 5,173,723 A1992