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Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)

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754Patents
497Active
754Granted
58Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 24, 1974 → Nov 21, 2019 · 274 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5016977A Optical lens for correcting astigmatism Physics 428 Expired
US6145987A Multifocal ophthalmic lenses with spherical aberration varying with the addition and the ametropia Physics 151 Expired
US5114220A Multiple contour diffractive lens Physics 104 Expired
US5201501A Unit for grasping and clamping circular objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US5702825A Low yellow index polymer compositions, polymerizable compositions and lenses using said compositions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US7159983B2 Multifocal lenses for pre-presbyopic individuals Physics 81 Expired
US6709107B2 Composite ophthalmic lens and method for obtaining same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US6312811A Photochromic naphtho [2,1-b]pyran compounds containing bithienyl or terthienyl substituents, process for their manufacture, and photochromic materials and articles obtained Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Expired
US7229173B2 Short corridor progressive addition lenses with reduced unwanted astigmatism Physics 70 Expired
US5807906A Process for obtaining a transparent article with a refractive index gradient Physics 69 Expired
US5270745A Progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens Physics 66 Expired
US5662839A Method of filling a mold for manufacturing an optical lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US5258024A Method of manufacture of a lens of transparent polymer having a modulated refractive index Physics 59 Expired
US6017121A Multifocal artificial ocular lens with a transparency varying with illumination Physics 58 Expired
US6281366A Photochromic [3H]naphtho[2,1-b]pyran compounds containing an acetylenic substituent, process for their manufacture, and photochromic materials and articles obtained Chemistry; Metallurgy 58 Expired
US5139707A Indolino-spiroquinoxalino oxazine photochromatic compounds, methods for their preparation, photochromic compositions and articles containing such compounds Physics 57 Expired
US7656581B2 Transparent and polarizing viewing element having a zone associated with an obliquely oriented polarizing filter Human Necessities 52 Expired
US8118427B2 Method for optimizing and/or manufacturing eyeglass lenses Physics 51 Active
US6218494A Abrasion-resistant coating composition process for making such coating composition and article coated therewith Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5104212A Diffractive contact lens in relief Physics 48 Expired
US6379008B1 Method of determining the shape of an opthalmic contact lens for correcting optical aberrations of the eye beyond defocusing or astigmatism and system for implementing the method Human Necessities 43 Expired
US5272495A Progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens Physics 42 Expired
US8052278B2 Randomly pixellated optical component, its fabrication method and its use in the fabrication of a transparent optical element Physics 42 Active
US4940751A Wettable silicon elastomer for the manufacture of contact lenses Chemistry; Metallurgy 42 Expired
US8231220B2 Method of measuring at least one geometrico-physionomic parameter for positioning a frame of vision-correcting eyeglasses on the face of a wearer Physics 41 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.