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Carl Zeiss Stiftung

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709Patents
1Active
709Granted
46Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 22, 1974 → Nov 29, 2006 · 1 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4825091A Optoelectronic distance sensor with visible pilot beam Physics 268 Expired
US4579430A Method and apparatus for forming an image of the ocular fundus Human Necessities 244 Expired
US5123902A Method and apparatus for performing surgery on tissue wherein a laser beam is applied to the tissue Human Necessities 231 Expired
US4529275A Continuous charge control for electrochromic layers Physics 219 Expired
US5359417A Surgical microscope for conducting computer-supported stereotactic microsurgery and a method for operating the same Human Necessities 215 Expired
US4660970A Method and apparatus for the contact-less measuring of objects Physics 211 Expired
US5795294A Procedure for the correlation of different coordinate systems in computer-supported, stereotactic surgery Human Necessities 192 Expired
US4407008A Method and apparatus for light-induced scanning-microscope display of specimen parameters and of their distribution Physics 176 Expired
US4769763A Control for coordinate measuring instruments Physics 174 Expired
US4427889A Method and apparatus for molecular spectroscopy, particularly for the determination of products of metabolism Physics 167 Expired
US5884410A Sensing system for coordinate measuring equipment Physics 166 Expired
US5675401A Illuminating arrangement including a zoom objective incorporating two axicons Physics 158 Expired
US4961267A Method and apparatus for making coordinate measurements Physics 157 Expired
US6191880A Radial polarization-rotating optical arrangement and microlithographic projection exposure system incorporating said arrangement Physics 152 Expired
US5331358A Vision testing system for testing the sight function of a patient Electricity 149 Expired
US4662370A Apparatus for performing lamellar refractive corneal surgery Human Necessities 134 Expired
US4397556A Material-testing method and apparatus Physics 133 Expired
US5038258A Illuminating arrangement for illuminating an object with incident light Physics 131 Expired
US5615489A Method of making coordinate measurements on workpieces Physics 125 Expired
US6252712A Optical system with polarization compensator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 123 Expired
US5396712A Coordinate measuring device Physics 115 Expired
US5401270A Applicator device for laser radiation Human Necessities 109 Expired
US4250888A Heartbeat monitoring process and device Human Necessities 107 Expired
US6236906A Process and apparatus for hand-controlled guiding of an instrument in a predetermined movement region Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Expired
US4703522A Laser safety eyeglasses Physics 100 Expired

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