G02C 7/10
Filters
Official title: Filters, e.g. for facilitating adaptation of the eyes to the dark; Sunglasses
G02C7/10 (Filters) appears on 1,975 US grants and 2,404 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
- 1,975
- Published applications
- 2,404
- Assignees
- 696
- Inventors
- 3,155
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 7 |
| 2002 | 16 | 24 |
| 2003 | 21 | 12 |
| 2004 | 17 | 31 |
| 2005 | 24 | 41 |
| 2006 | 26 | 35 |
| 2007 | 20 | 33 |
| 2008 | 18 | 48 |
| 2009 | 22 | 36 |
| 2010 | 25 | 51 |
| 2011 | 42 | 56 |
| 2012 | 36 | 54 |
| 2013 | 42 | 76 |
| 2014 | 62 | 84 |
| 2015 | 55 | 198 |
| 2016 | 67 | 153 |
| 2017 | 103 | 161 |
| 2018 | 122 | 171 |
| 2019 | 137 | 154 |
| 2020 | 132 | 166 |
| 2021 | 120 | 162 |
| 2022 | 104 | 169 |
| 2023 | 112 | 136 |
| 2024 | 121 | 152 |
| 2025 | 123 | 113 |
| 2026 | 91 | 81 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Contact lenses with color filtering zone6 Oct 2026US 12,754,442 B2Alcon Inc.
- Polymerizable composition for optical article and optical article22 Sep 2026US 12,742,113 B2Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd.
- 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
- Circadian rhythm restoring blue blockers22 Sep 2026US 12,742,980 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Training glasses, training system, and training method therefor15 Sep 2026US 12,736,833 B2
- Lens element8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310007 A1Essilor International
- Higher-molecular photochromic dyes having at least one and not more than four naphthopyran subunits and multiple polyether chains1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297330 A1
- Photochromic compound, naphthol derivative, curable composition, optical article, lens, and eyeglass1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297421 A1Tokuyama Corporation
- Prism-filter lenses1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299315 A1
- Optical device with transmission inhibition plateau in blue spectral range1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299319 A1ColorBoost Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods701US 9,791,700 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Intelligent electro-optical system and method for automatic glare reduction598US 5,305,012 AReveo, Inc. · 1994
- Eyeglass interface system559US 6,091,546 AThe Microoptical Corporation · 2000
- Eyeglass interface system546US 6,349,001 B1The Microoptical Corporation · 2002
- Compact image display system for eyeglasses or other head-borne frames494US 6,384,982 B1The Microoptical Corporation · 2002