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Patent Gallery
| Patent No. | Category | Year | Title | Inventor | Assignee | Date of Issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,458,512 | Software/Business Method | 2008 | Computer-Based Method And Apparatus For Verifying An Electronic Voting Process | Thomas J. Colson, Peter J. Vanderheyden, Mark R. O'Donnell | IP.com, Inc. | 12/02/2008 |
| 11,227,467 | Software/Business Method | 2022 | Information Processing Apparatus Executable In A User Selectable Medium Of Exchange | Kazuki Emori | Universal Entertainment Corporation | 01/18/2022 |
| 7,477,370 | Software/Business Method | 2009 | Method Of Detecting Incomplete Edge Bead Removal From A Disk-Like Object | Detlef Michelsson, Henning Backhauss, Gert Weniger | Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH | 01/13/2009 |
| 7,689,006 | Software/Business Method | 2010 | Biometric Convolution Using Multiple Biometrics | Venu Govindaraju, Viraj Chavan, Sharat Chikkerur | The Research Foundation of State University of New York | 03/30/2010 |
| 8,005,277 | Software/Business Method | 2011 | Secure Fingerprint Matching By Hashing Localized Information | Sergey Tulyakov, Faisal Farooq, Sharat Chikkerur, Venu Govindaraju | The Research Foundation of State University of New York | 08/23/2011 |
| 11,159,695 | Software/Business Method | 2021 | System And Method For Remote Use Interactive Storage Management For Communal Devices | Michael William Barrett, Janine Marie Gates | Xerox Corporation | 10/26/2021 |
| 11,189,129 | Software/Business Method | 2021 | Game System, Method of Controlling Game System, And Recording Medium | Masaki Oyama, Toshikazu Jinnouchi, Masamichi Miyara | UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION | 11/23/2021 |
| 8,500,236 | Software/Business Method | 2013 | Computer Based Method And System For Adjusting Page Placement On A Continuous Feed Print Engine | David C. Robinson, Frederick John Ramsey | Xerox Corporation | 08/06/2013 |
| 7,174,332 | Software/Business Method | 2007 | Method And Apparatus For Safeguarding Files | Samuel C. Baxter, Thomas J. Colson | IP.com, Inc. | 02/06/2007 |
| 9,389,349 | Software/Business Method | 2016 | System And Method To Determine Depth For Optical Wafer Inspection | Pavel Kolchin, Mikhall Haurylau, Robert Danen | KLA-Tencor Corporation | 07/12/2016 |
| 8,013,282 | Software/Business Method | 2011 | System For Programming A Plurality Of Chips Or Ink-Jet Chips, With Operating Parameters | Scott L. Tewinkle | Xerox Corporation | 09/06/2011 |
| 7,386,500 | Software/Business Method | 2008 | Computer Based System For Valuing And Hedging Customized Indexed Call Option | Richard C. Payne | Genesis Financial Products, Inc. | 06/10/2008 |
| 10,319,189 | Softward/Business Method | 2019 | Game System, Server, And Donation Control Method | Kengo Takeda | Universal Entertainment Corporation | 06/11/2019 |
| 6,944,326 | Optics | 2005 | Video Microscopy Method | Michael Ganser | Leica Microsystems Wetzlar GmbH | 09/13/2005 |
| 6,747,280 | Optics | 2004 | Method For The Individual Adaptation Of Excitation Intensities In A Multiband Fluorescence Microscope And Multiband Fluorescence Microscope For Carrying Out Said Method | Albrecht Weiss | Leica Microsystems Wetzlar GmbH | 06/08/2004 |
| 7,115,386 | Optics | 2006 | Device And Method For Carrying Out Immunological Marking Techniques For Thin-Sectioned Tissue | George Posthuma | Leica Mikrosysteme GmbH | 10/03/2006 |
| 7,505,200 | Optics | 2009 | Phase Shift Method And Apparatus For Implementing Phase-Contrast Or Modulation-Contrast Observation On Microscopes | Ralf Krueger | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 03/17/2009 |
| 6,493,135 | Optics | 2002 | Temperature Regulated Microscope | Johann Engelhardt | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 12/10/2002 |
| 7,104,666 | Optics | 2006 | Cooling Chamber And System Of A Cooling Chamber With A Microtome | Reinhard Lihl, Slegfried Tanki, Michael Zimmermann | Leica Microsystems GmbH | 09/12/2006 |
| 6,486,944 | Optics | 2002 | Fluid-Sealed Refractometer Having Data Transmission Means | Kyle R. Bleyle | Leica Microsystems Inc. | 11/26/2002 |
| 6,907,137 | Optics | 2005 | Method And Arrangement For Adapting The Lateral And Temporal Resolution Of A Microscope Image | Helmut Ruehl | Leica Microsystems Wetzlar GmbH | 06/14/2005 |
| 8,406,859 | Optics | 2013 | Digital Light Processing Hyperspectral Imaging Apparatus | Karel Zuzak, Jeffrey A. Cadeddu, Rafael Ufret-Vincenty, Robert P. Francis, Edward Livingston | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 03/26/2013 |
| 5,833,202 | Optics | 1998 | Mechanical Fastening System For Modular Micro-Optical Elements | Andreasch Wolfgang | Leica AG | 11/10/1998 |
| 6,900,935 | Optics | 2005 | Optical Arrangement And Microscope | Johann Engelhardt, Juergen Hoffmann | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 05/31/2005 |
| 6,538,809 | Optics | 2003 | Variable Epi-Illumination Interference Attachment | Hans-Werner Stankewitz | Leica Microsystems Wetzlar GmbH | 03/24/2003 |
| 6,961,124 | Optics | 2005 | Method For Examining A Specimen, And Scanning Microscope System | Johann Engelhardt, Juergen Hoffmann | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 10/31/2005 |
| 6,525,812 | Optics | 2003 | Optical Arrangement For A Laser Scanning Microscope | Nicole Hartmann, Rafael Storz | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 02/25/2003 |
| 7,098,447 | Optics | 2006 | Light Source For The Illumination Of Microscopic Specimens And Scanning Microscope System | Kyra Moellmann | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 08/29/2006 |
| 5,561,562 | Optics | 1996 | Microscope Objective With A Correcting Mount | Reinhold Bender | Leica Mikroskopie und Systeme GmbH | 10/01/1996 |
| 7,899,311 | Optics | 2011 | Removable Shutter For A Camera | Kevin J. Kearney, Peter Hammond, Philip Frank Marino | Optech International, Inc. | 03/01/2011 |
| 5,474,066 | Optics | 1995 | Non-Contact Tonometer | Bernard Grolman | Leica Inc. | 12/12/1995 |
| 7,495,236 | Optics | 2009 | Apparatus And Method For Detection With A Scanning Microscope | Bernd Widzgowski, Holger Birk | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 02/24/2009 |
| 6,900,776 | Optics | 2005 | Microscopy Laboratory System | Vincent Vaccarelli | Leica Microsystems Inc. | 05/31/2005 |
| 5,471,260 | Optics | 1995 | Joystick For An Ophthalmic Instrument Where Vertical Movement Is Controlled By Rotating The Joystick | David A. Luce, Joseph L. Zelvin | Leica Inc. | 11/28/1995 |
| 7,872,763 | Optics | 2011 | Device For Measuring The Position Of At Least One Structure On A Substrate | Katrin Pietsch, Klaus-Dieter Adam, Tillmann Ehrenberg | Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH | 01/18/2011 |
| 7,864,319 | Optics | 2011 | Device And Method For Determining An Optical Property Of A Mask | Hans-Artur Boesser, Michael Heiden, Klaus Rinn, Frank Laske | Vistec Semiconductor System GmbH | 01/04/2011 |
| 6,473,230 | Optics | 2002 | Microscope | Roland Hedrich | Leica Microsystems Wetzlar GmbH | 10/28/2002 |
| 4,881,807 | Optics | 1989 | Optical Alignment System | David A. Luce, Srdjan Krstanovic | Cambridge Instruments, Inc. | 11/21/1989 |
| 5,825,457 | Optics | 1998 | Keratometric Illumination System | David A. Luce, Joseph L. Zelvin | Leica Inc. | 10/20/1998 |
| 7,120,281 | Optics | 2006 | Method; Microscope System And Software Program For The Observation Of Dynamic Processes | Frank Olschewski, Jochen Nickel | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 10/10/2006 |
| 6,172,804 | Optics | 2001 | Optical Device With At Least One Swivelling Observation Tube | Manfred Schuck, Georg Stoecki, Klaus Koch, Alexander Gotz | Rodenstock Prazisionsopitk GmbH | 01/09/2001 |
| 5,453,829 | Optics | 1995 | Procedure And Device For Measurement Of Exposure Times In Optical Devices With Microscopic Illustration Path | Lucius Remer, Manfred Gilbert; Frank Hermann | Leica Mikroskopie und Systeme GmbH | 09/26/1995 |
| 6,466,381 | Optics | 2002 | Apparatus For Positioning An Optical Component In A Beam Path | Johann Engelhardt | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 10/15/2002 |
| 8,390,927 | Optics | 2013 | Element For Homogenizing The Illumination With Simultaneous Setting Of The Polarization Degree | Michael Heiden | Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH | 03/05/2013 |
| 5,115,339 | Optics | 1992 | Stereomicroscope | Ronald J. Martino, Fred J. Ramsey | Cambridge Instruments Inc. | 05/19/1992 |
| 6,687,035 | Optics | 2004 | Method And Apparatus For ROI-Scan With High Temporal Resolution | Werner Knebel, Kolja Wawrowsky | Leica Microsystems Heildelberg GmbH | 02/03/2004 |
| 6,172,746 | Optics | 2001 | Transmitted Light Refractometer | Michael J. Byrne, Thomas E. Ryan, Kyle R. Bleyle, Keshav D. Sharma, Robert C. Atkinson, David J. Cash | Leica Microsystems Inc. | 01/09/2001 |
| 7,088,918 | Optics | 2006 | Mounting Device For A Camera With Automatic Exposure Mode To An Optical System | Randolph Spencer | Leica Microsystems (Schwelz) AG | 08/08/2006 |
| 7,088,505 | Optics | 2006 | Microscope And Focusing Device For A Microscope | Paul M. Harrison, Russell Bonaventura | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 08/08/2006 |
| 6,678,443 | Optics | 2004 | Apparatus For Slewing A Light Beam | Johann Engelhardt | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 01/13/2004 |
