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Patent No. | Category | Year | Title | Inventor | Assignee | Date of Issue |
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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 |
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 |
7,864,319 | 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 |
5,812,311 | Optics | 1998 | Microscope Having Extended Specimen Stage Travel | Karl Kragolnik | Leica AG | 09/22/1998 |
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 |
6,466,381 | Optics | 2002 | Apparatus For Positioning An Optical Component In A Beam Path | Johann Engelhardt | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 10/15/2002 |
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 |
5,115,339 | Optics | 1992 | Stereomicroscope | Ronald J. Martino, Fred J. Ramsey | Cambridge Instruments Inc. | 05/19/1992 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
7,468,833 | Optics | 2008 | Ergonomic Microscope And Microscope Carrier | Werner Franz Reichert, Gerhard Pfeifer, Manfred Gilbert | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 12/23/2008 |
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 |
6,888,118 | Optics | 2005 | Method, Apparatus And Scanning Microscope With Means For Stabilizing The Temperature Of Optical Components | Johann Engelhardt | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 05/03/2005 |
5,446,274 | Optics | 1995 | Instructive Display For Assisting In Centering An Optical Path Element On A Path | David A. Luce, Christopher J. Percival | Leica Inc. | 08/29/1995 |
7,275,730 | Optics | 2007 | Height-Adjusting Device And Support For Optical Systems, Which Comprises Height-Adjusting Devices | Claus Bender | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 10/02/2007 |
7,450,302 | Optics | 2008 | Microscope With Image Brightness Equalization | Frank Eisenkraemer, Ralf Krueger, Christian Schulz | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 11/11/2008 |
5,793,525 | Optics | 1998 | Apparatus For Adjusting The Viewing Angle Of A Microscope | Jeffrey M. Sabin, Christopher L. Wyatt, Mark R. King | Leica Inc. | 08/11/1998 |
7,075,716 | Optics | 2006 | Arrangement For Spectrally Sensitive Reflected-Light And Transmitted-Light Microscopy | Rolf Borlinghaus | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 07/11/2006 |
6,654,165 | Optics | 2003 | Optical Arrangement | Johann Engelhardt, Joachim Bradl, Heinrich Ulrich | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 11/25/2003 |
7,262,906 | Optics | 2007 | Means For Transporting A Microscope | Manfred Gilbert, Kenneth M. Northem | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 08/28/2007 |
7,067,825 | Optics | 2006 | Eye Protection System On An Electronically Controlled Fluorescence Microscope | Paul Graefenhain | Leica Mircrosystems (Schweiz) AG | 06/27/2006 |
6,882,481 | Optics | 2005 | Optical Arrangement For High Power Microobjective | Keshav D. Sharma | Leica Microsystems Inc. | 04/19/2005 |
7,411,665 | Optics | 2008 | Method For Wavelength Calibration Of An Optical Measurement System | Thomas Iffland | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 08/12/2008 |
6,771,405 | Optics | 2004 | Method And Apparatus For Scanning A Specimen | Johann Engelhardt | Leica Microsystem Heidelberg GmbH | 08/03/2004 |
6,525,812 | Optics | 2003 | Optical Arrangement For A Laser Scanning Microscope | Nicole Hartmann, Rafael Storz | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 02/25/2003 |
6,433,814 | Optics | 2002 | TV Camera | Johann Engelhardt, Martin Hoppe | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 08/13/2002 |
6,614,526 | Optics | 2003 | Device For Simultaneously Detecting Several Spectral Ranges Of A Light Beam | Johann Engelhardt | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 09/02/2003 |
6,614,525 | Optics | 2003 | Laser Scanning Microscope With Single Wavelength Excitation | Johann Englehardt, Joachim Bradl | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 09/02/2003 |
4,050,036 | Optics | 1977 | Optical System For Lasers | William A. Chambers, Franklin B. Bossler, Warren F. Brandkamp | Textron Inc. | 09/20/1977 |
7,561,263 | Optics | 2009 | Apparatus For Illuminating And Inspecting A Surface | Lambert Danner, Michael Heiden, Alexander Buettner | Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH | 07/14/2009 |
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 |
5,779,633 | Optics | 1998 | Tonometer Air Pulse Generator | David A. Luce | Leica Inc. | 07/14/1998 |
6,608,295 | Optics | 2003 | Method And Arrangement For Compensating For Imaging Defects | Johann Engelhardt | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 08/09/2003 |
7,440,183 | Optics | 2008 | Indexable Microscope | Claus Bender | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | 10/21/2008 |
6,538,809 | Optics | 2003 | Variable Epi-Illumination Interference Attachment | Hans-Werner Stankewitz | Leica Microsystems Wetzlar GmbH | 03/24/2003 |
7,394,593 | Optics | 2008 | Transmitted-Light Base For A Microscope, And Method For Regulating The Illumination Intensity Of A Transmitted-Light Base | Ruedi Rottermann, Patrick Kopf, Otto Geschwenter, Klaus-Peter Zimmer | Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG | 07/01/2008 |
6,042,232 | Optics | 2000 | Automatic Optometer Evaluation Method Using Data Over A Wide Range Of Focusing Positions | David A. Luce, Matthew Severns | Leica Microsystems Inc. | 03/27/2000 |
5,907,431 | Optics | 1999 | Microscope Including Automatic Ocular Adaptation | Herbert M. Stuttler | Leica Mikroskopie Systems AG | 05/25/1999 |
9,759,912 | Optics | 2017 | Particle And Chemical Control Using Tunnel Flow | Frank Chilese, Gildardo R. Delgado, Daniel Wack, John R., Torczynski, Leonard E. Klebanoff | KLA-Tencor Corporation | 09/12/2017 |
6,421,475 | Optics | 2002 | Overload Protection System For Avoiding Damage To Optical Components | Johann Engelhardt, Heinrich Ulrich | Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH | 07/16/2002 |
7,375,792 | Optics | 2008 | Apparatus For Measuring Feature Widths On Masks For The Semiconductor Industry | Wolfgang Vollrath, Frank Hillmann, Gerd Scheuring, Hans-Jurgen Brueck | Leica Microsystems Semiconductor GmbH | 05/20/2008 |
7,168,901 | Optics | 2007 | Device And Method For Trimming Samples | Robert Ranner | Leica Mikrosysteme GmbH | 01/30/2007 |
6,879,398 | Optics | 2005 | Distributed Contaminant Optical Monitoring System | VanWinkle T. Townsend, Robert H. Fleming | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 04/12/2005 |
10,060,793 | Optics | 2018 | Spectral And Spatial Calibration Illuminator And System Using The Same | David C. Craig, Robert P. Herloski, David A. Mantell, Douglas E. Proctor, Jonathan B. Hunter, Stuart Schweid | Xerox Corporation | 08/28/2018 |
9,662,688 | Optics | 2017 | Apparatus And Method For Cross-Flow Purge For Optical Components In A Chamber | Garry Rose, Gildardo Delgado, H. Steven Larson, Daniel R. Hennigan | KLA-Tencor Corporation | 05/30/2017 |
"Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs."
Nikola Tesla