G02C 7/083
Electrooptic lenses
Official title: {Electrooptic lenses}
G02C7/083 (Electrooptic lenses) appears on 681 US grants and 845 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
- 681
- Published applications
- 845
- Assignees
- 186
- Inventors
- 899
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14 |
| 2007 | 7 | 17 |
| 2008 | 12 | 24 |
| 2009 | 11 | 17 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15 |
| 2011 | 11 | 8 |
| 2012 | 16 | 29 |
| 2013 | 7 | 39 |
| 2014 | 23 | 45 |
| 2015 | 33 | 53 |
| 2016 | 39 | 60 |
| 2017 | 55 | 58 |
| 2018 | 50 | 67 |
| 2019 | 62 | 60 |
| 2020 | 52 | 69 |
| 2021 | 49 | 60 |
| 2022 | 59 | 44 |
| 2023 | 51 | 42 |
| 2024 | 52 | 44 |
| 2025 | 45 | 32 |
| 2026 | 15 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electrically switchable liquid crystal cell, contact lens and method relating thereto15 Sep 2026US 12,736,835 B2CooperVision International Limited
- Oxygen permeable contact lens1 Sep 2026US 12,724,294 B2e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc.
- Multimedia system and method for AR/VR smart contact lens18 Aug 2026US 12,710,670 B2
- Active control of virtual image depth positioning11 Aug 2026US 12,704,725 B2Google Inc.
- Prescription lenses with gradient-index liquid crystal lens and Pancharatnam-Berry phase lens28 Jul 2026US 12,693,548 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Creating radial refractive index patterns in liquid crystal material1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299359 A1
- Head-mounted device with adjustable vision correction3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259416 A1
- Adaptive eyewear device and method for reducing eye strain20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244016 A1IXI Eyewear Oy
- Computer-implemented method for modifying a control mode based on user inputs2 Jul 2026US 2026/0190205 A1Essilor International
- Electro-optical lens and frame including same4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153751 A1Warby Parker Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Switchable lens347US 5,712,721 AThe Technology Partnership PLC · 1998
- System, apparatus, and method for reducing birefringence313US 6,491,391 B1E-Vision, LLC · 2002
- Stabilized electro-active contact lens298US 6,851,805 B2E-Vision, LLC · 2005
- Auto-focusing optical apparatus290US 5,359,444 AMotorola, Inc. · 1994
- Variable focus liquid crystal lens system263US 4,190,330 ABell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated · 1980