Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
1,104 patents granted to the 2 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Bausch + Lomb Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
1,104
914 utility, 186 design, 4 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
4
Against 2 in 2024 and 7 in 2023
Applications published
263
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Medical technology11
Other special machines6
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers4
Pharmaceuticals4
Optics3
Handling1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,104 granted
197 publishedBausch & Lomb Incorporated its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
66 published
Names not counted (24)
Synergetics, Inc.
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 52 granted and 23 published under it are not counted.
Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 0 granted and 68 published under it are not counted.
AcuFocus, Inc.
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 42 granted and 12 published under it are not counted.
Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 34 granted and 14 published under it are not counted.
Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 41 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
AcuFocus, Inc.
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 0 granted and 35 published under it are not counted.
ELIOS Vision GmbH
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 17 granted and 16 published under it are not counted.
ELIOS Vision GmbH
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 0 granted and 21 published under it are not counted.
Synergetics, Inc.
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 0 granted and 18 published under it are not counted.
Kedalion Therapeutics, Inc.
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 0 granted and 15 published under it are not counted.
Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 0 granted and 10 published under it are not counted.
Paragon BioTeck, Inc.
Also listed as a subsidiary by Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 0 granted and 9 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Sep 23, 2025 | 12,419,990 | Ophthalmic viscoelastic compositions | Medical technology | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 12,419,784 | Ultrasonic surgical aspiration needle assembly with molded hub | Medical technology | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 12,386,200 | Method for obtaining contact lenses with dynamically controlled sagitta and clearance | Optics | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 12,227,598 | Glycophospholipid polymeric network and use thereof | Pharmaceuticals | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 12,127,935 | Intraocular lens injector assembly having shuttle assembly retaining intraocular lens in storage vial and operably presenting intraocular lens in injector assembly | Medical technology | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
| Feb 13, 2024 | 11,897,985 | Water extractable ophthalmic devices | Other special machines | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
| Dec 19, 2023 | 11,845,813 | Crosslinked polymeric network and use thereof | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 11,752,035 | Ultrasonic needles and transducer assemblies formed of non-metal materials or a combination of materials | Medical technology | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 11,732,060 | Crosslinked polymeric network and use thereof | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
| Jul 18, 2023 | 11,701,222 | Injector assembly employing compressed gas and a mechanical brake for presenting an intraocular lens to a patient | Medical technology | BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| May 15, 2025 | 2025/0154289 | GLYCOPHOSPHOLIPID POLYMERIC NETWORK AND USE THEREOF | Pharmaceuticals | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 2024/0066181 | OPHTHALMIC VISCOELASTIC COMPOSITIONS | Medical technology | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated |
| Aug 17, 2023 | 2023/0257485 | GLYCOPHOSPHOLIPID POLYMERIC NETWORK AND USE THEREOF | Pharmaceuticals | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated · patent 12,227,598 granted from it |
| May 11, 2023 | 2023/0140895 | OPHTHALMIC SUSPENSION COMPOSITION | Pharmaceuticals | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated |
| Mar 16, 2023 | 2023/0084398 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING CONTACT LENSES WITH DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED SAGITTA AND CLEARANCE | Optics | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated · patent 12,386,200 granted from it |
| Jan 19, 2023 | 2023/0017040 | DISTANCE DOMINANT INTRAOCULAR LENS | Optics | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated |
| Dec 29, 2022 | 2022/0409432 | Ultrasonic Surgical Aspiration Needle Assembly with Molded Hub | Medical technology | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated · patent 12,419,784 granted from it |
| Oct 13, 2022 | 2022/0325006 | CROSSLINKED POLYMERIC NETWORK AND USE THEREOF | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated · patent 11,845,813 granted from it |
| Oct 13, 2022 | 2022/0323253 | RESONANT NON-SINUSOIDAL DRIVE SIGNALS FOR PHACOEMULSIFICATION SURGERY DEVICES | Medical technology | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated |
| Aug 11, 2022 | 2022/0251269 | WATER EXTRACTABLE OPHTHALMIC DEVICES | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | Bausch & Lomb Incorporated · patent 11,897,985 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 1 · Pharmaceuticals 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.