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Transitions Optical, Ltd.

209Patents
154Active
209Granted
57Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 24, 1992 → Aug 16, 2023 · 43 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5645767A Photochromic indeno-fused naphthopyrans Physics 243 Expired
US5274132A Photochromic naphthopyran compounds Physics 218 Expired
US5405958A Photochromic spiro(indoline)naphthoxazine compounds Physics 191 Expired
US5384077A Photochromic naphthopyran compounds Physics 183 Expired
US6113814A Polymerizable polyalkoxylated naphthopyrans Physics 182 Expired
US5466398A Photochromic substituted naphthopyran compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 178 Expired
US5238981A Photochromic naphthopyrans Chemistry; Metallurgy 172 Expired
US5429774A Benzopyran compounds Physics 161 Expired
US6150430A Process for adhering a photochromic coating to a polymeric substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 161 Expired
US5658501A Substituted naphthopyrans Physics 156 Expired
US5458814A Substituted naphthopyrans Physics 155 Expired
US6025026A Process for producing an adherent polymeric layer on polymeric substrates and articles produced thereby Physics 153 Expired
US5391327A Photochromic compositions of improved fatigue resistance Chemistry; Metallurgy 150 Expired
US6555028B2 Polymeric matrix compatibilized naphthopyrans Physics 132 Expired
US5451344A Photochromic naphthopyran compounds Physics 100 Expired
US5411679A Benzopyrans Physics 96 Expired
US7256921B2 Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US5369158A Photochromic naphthopyrans Chemistry; Metallurgy 85 Expired
US6433043B1 Removable imbibition composition of photochromic compound and kinetic enhancing additive Performing Operations; Transporting 83 Expired
US6630597B1 Photochromic 6-aryl substituted 3H-naphtho(2,1-b)pyrans Chemistry; Metallurgy 81 Expired
US5464567A Photochromic tetraphenyl naphthodipyrans Physics 80 Expired
US5458815A Photochromic naphthopyran compounds Physics 75 Expired
US5753146A Photochromic naphthopyran compositions of neutral color Physics 69 Expired
US7189456B2 Photochromic optical article Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US5651923A Substituted naphthopyrans Chemistry; Metallurgy 60 Expired

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