G02C 7/16
Shades
Official title: Shades; shields; Obturators, e.g. with pinhole, with slot {(G02C5/003 takes precedence)}
G02C7/16 (Shades) appears on 447 US grants and 396 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
- 447
- Published applications
- 396
- Assignees
- 169
- Inventors
- 688
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2 |
| 2003 | 11 | 8 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 |
| 2005 | 11 | 15 |
| 2006 | 9 | 29 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14 |
| 2009 | 7 | 11 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 10 | 14 |
| 2012 | 9 | 14 |
| 2013 | 11 | 21 |
| 2014 | 14 | 10 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9 |
| 2016 | 11 | 17 |
| 2017 | 11 | 32 |
| 2018 | 15 | 19 |
| 2019 | 16 | 22 |
| 2020 | 27 | 26 |
| 2021 | 8 | 19 |
| 2022 | 15 | 19 |
| 2023 | 13 | 26 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 |
| 2025 | 9 | 18 |
| 2026 | 14 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Eye shields with selectively releasable snap-fit assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,717,173 B2DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
- Ophthalmic lenses utilizing binary amplitude modulation18 Aug 2026US 12,710,668 B2Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited
- Light scattering lens for treating myopia and eyeglasses containing the same28 Jul 2026US 12,693,554 B2SightGlass Vision, Inc.
- Corrective lens apparatus and method7 Jul 2026US 12,675,001 B2
- Aiming glasses9 Jun 2026US 12,650,613 B2Valery Anatolyevich PANCHENKO
- Visual Focus Device Kit1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299320 A1
- Headset with side dimmers25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177844 A1
- Augmented reality glasses and image acquisition equipment18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169311 A1AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Light Control Devices and Methods for Regional Variation of Visual Information and Sampling4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153742 A1Aperture in Motion, LLC
- Ophthalmic lenses with light scattering for treating myopia19 Feb 2026US 2026/0050180 A1SightGlass Vision, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sunglasses with removable side shields255US 5,608,469 AEtablissements Boll e S.n.c. · 1997
- Wide depth of focus intraocular and contact lenses246US 5,260,727 A1993
- Annular mask lens having diffraction reducing edges205US 5,905,561 APBH, Inc. · 1999
- Variable transmissivity annular mask lens for the treatment of optical aberrations201US 5,662,706 APBH, Inc. · 1997
- Eyewear assembly with side shields and method of installing same193US 6,715,873 B2The Hilsinger Company · 2004