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EP4036633 - OPHTHALMIC LENS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 20.02.2026 Database last updated on 24.03.2026
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 17.10.2025
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 01.07.2022
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 03.04.2021
Most recent event Tooltip	20.02.2026	(Expected) grant	published on 25.03.2026 [2026/13]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd. 853 Phaholyothin Road Prachatipat Thanyaburi Pathumthani 12130 / TH
	[2022/31]
Inventor(s)	01 / MATSUOKA Shohei c/o HOYA CORPORATION 6-10-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-8347 / JP
	02 / IGUCHI Yuki c/o HOYA CORPORATION 6-10-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-8347 / JP
	03 / MUKAIYAMA Hiroyuki c/o HOYA CORPORATION 6-10-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-8347 / JP
	[2022/31]
Representative(s)	Betten & Resch Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Maximiliansplatz 14 80333 München / DE
	[2022/31]
Application number, filing date	20867274.1	10.07.2020
	[2022/31]
	WO2020JP26940
Priority number, date	JP20190174953	26.09.2019 Original published format: JP 2019174953
	[2022/31]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2021059672
	Date:	01.04.2021
	Language:	JA
	[2021/13]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4036633
	Date:	03.08.2022
	Language:	EN
	[2022/31]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP4036633
	Date:	25.03.2026
	Language:	EN
	[2026/13]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	01.04.2021
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	06.10.2023
Classification	IPC:	G02C7/02, G02C7/10, G02B5/18, G02C7/06, G02B27/42	[2023/45]
	CPC:	G02B5/1895 (EP); G02C7/10 (CN,KR,US); G02C7/02 (EP,CN); G02B13/00 (CN); G02B13/18 (CN,KR); G02B27/4211 (EP); (+) G02B5/18 (CN,KR); G02C7/06 (EP,CN,KR); G02B5/1866 (EP); G02C2202/20 (EP); G02C2202/22 (EP); G02C2202/24 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2022/31]	G02C7/02, G02C7/10, G02B5/18
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2022/31]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	BRILLENGLAS	[2022/31]
	English:	OPHTHALMIC LENS	[2022/31]
	French:	LENTILLE OPHTALMIQUE	[2022/31]
Entry into regional phase	15.12.2021	Translation filed
	10.03.2022	National basic fee paid
	10.03.2022	Search fee paid
	10.03.2022	Designation fee(s) paid
	10.03.2022	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	10.03.2022	Examination requested [2022/31]
	28.03.2024	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	28.03.2024	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	17.10.2025	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.02.2026	Fee for grant paid
	12.02.2026	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	12.02.2026	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	15.06.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.06.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.05.2024	Renewal fee patent year 05
	29.05.2025	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:	Search	[A] WO2018152595 (HOLDEN BRIEN VISION INST et al.) [A] 1-7 * par. 86 and fig. 4; par. 87, par. 2 and fig. 4; par. 87; par. 79 and fig. 4; par. 118 and fig. 4; fig. 4; par. 15; par. 161 *
		[A] WO2012044256 (SINGAPORE HEALTH SERV PTE LTD et al.) [A] 1-7 * par. 34 and 35 *
	International search	[XY] WO2018152595 (HOLDEN BRIEN VISION INST et al.) [X] 1,3-7 * CLAIMS, [0086]-[0088], 4 *[Y] 2
		[Y] WO2018026697 (NEITZ JAY et al.) [Y] 2 * 11 12 - 25 *
		[A] WO2008090743 (NIKON CORP et al.) [A] 1-7
	by applicant	US2017131567
		WO2012044256

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