G02C 7/048
Means for stabilising the orientation of lenses in the eye
Official title: {Means for stabilising the orientation of lenses in the eye}
G02C7/048 (Means for stabilising the orientation of lenses in the eye) appears on 325 US grants and 282 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
- 325
- Published applications
- 282
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 418
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 14 |
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| 2006 | 16 | 8 |
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| 2022 | 12 | 13 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 | 15 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Treating ocular refractive error3 Mar 2026US 12,566,339 B2Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited
- Methods and system to identify position, rotation, and tilt of a contact lens on an eye21 Oct 2025US 12,446,772 B2WaveFront Dynamics, Inc.
- Freeform contact lens solution for myopia1 Jul 2025US 12,345,961 B2Brighten Optix Corp.
- Methods of increased contact lens rotation1 Jul 2025US 12,345,962 B2CooperVision International Limited
- Toric contact lens stabilization design based on thickness gradients orthogonal to eyelid margin1 Jul 2025US 12,345,964 B2Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Stable structure design of contact lens8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310009 A1Brighten Optix Corp.
- Contact lens ballasting24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287931 A1CooperVision International Limited
- Toric contact lens stabilization design based on thickness gradients orthogonal to eyelid margin20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244033 A1Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Contact lens comprising a lenticular and having a minus-shaped optical zone16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202682 A1Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Rotationally stabilized contact lens12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044019 A1OneFocus Vision, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multifocal contact lens with aspheric surface375US 6,808,262 B2Novartis AG · 2004
- Stabilized electro-active contact lens298US 6,851,805 B2E-Vision, LLC · 2005
- Concentric annular ring lens designs for astigmatism253US 5,652,638 AJohnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. · 1997
- Stabilized electro-active contact lens232US 7,018,040 B2E-Vision, LLC · 2006
- Annular mask contact lenses214US 5,757,458 APilkington Barnes Hind, Inc. · 1998