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Applied Precision, Inc.

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40Patents
14Active
40Granted
44Portfolio score

Filing activity: May 21, 1986 → Oct 13, 2011 · 9 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6710798B1 Methods and apparatus for determining the relative positions of probe tips on a printed circuit board probe card Physics 136 Expired
US4710167A Implantable device for chronically injecting a substance, in particular a therapeutant Human Necessities 132 Expired
US4918374A Method and apparatus for inspecting integrated circuit probe cards Physics 107 Expired
US4718894A Manually actuated, implantable device to sequentially feed doses of a substance, in particular a therapeutant Human Necessities 88 Expired
US5812310A Orthogonal high accuracy microscope stage Physics 30 Expired
US7231081B2 Stereoscopic three-dimensional metrology system and method Electricity 24 Expired
US7141801B2 System and method of illuminating living cells for imaging Physics 23 Expired
US7408176B2 System and method employing photokinetic techniques in cell biology imaging applications Physics 14 Expired
US6414477B1 Method for optimizing probe card analysis and scrub mark analysis data Physics 13 Expired
US5508629A Method and apparatus for inspecting integrated circuit probe cards Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5899437A Cam actuated valve Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US5060371A Method of making probe cards Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US8362409B2 System and method for continuous, asynchronous autofocus of optical instruments Physics 10 Active
US7170307B2 System and method of mitigating effects of component deflection in a probe card analyzer Physics 9 Expired
US5684628A Orthogonal motion microscope stage Physics 9 Expired
US7062091B2 Coordinate calibration for scanning systems Physics 9 Expired
US6781753B2 Z-axis frame for a high accuracy orthogonal motion stage Physics 8 Expired
US6862363B2 Image metrics in the statistical analysis of DNA microarray data Physics 7 Expired
US7770402B2 Thermally efficient CCD camera housing Electricity 7 Active
US8570650B2 Method and system for fast three-dimensional structured-illumination-microscopy imaging Physics 7 Active
US6806595B2 Low backlash linear actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US6621262B2 Method for optimizing probe card analysis and scrub mark analysis data Physics 5 Expired
US5831443A Probe card array check plate with transition zones Physics 5 Expired
US6986211B2 System and method of planar positioning Physics 5 Expired
US5744884A Liner motion micropositioning apparatus and method Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.