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ESS TECH, INC.

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234Patents
129Active
234Granted
52Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jul 1, 1993 → Nov 9, 2023 · 23 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7381936B2 Self-calibrating anti-blooming circuit for CMOS image sensor having a spillover protection performance in response to a spillover condition Electricity 136 Active
US6958777B1 Exposure control in electromechanical imaging devices Electricity 77 Expired
US6041339A Efficient decimation filtering Electricity 66 Expired
US6750876B1 Programmable display controller Electricity 59 Expired
US7068316B1 Selectable resolution image capture system Electricity 46 Expired
US8059174B2 CMOS imager system with interleaved readout for providing an image with increased dynamic range Electricity 44 Active
US6697111B1 Compact low-noise active pixel sensor with progressive row reset Electricity 39 Expired
US6838651B1 High sensitivity snap shot CMOS image sensor Electricity 36 Expired
US6750912B1 Active-passive imager pixel array with small groups of pixels having short common bus lines Electricity 31 Expired
US6147558A Attenuating volume control Electricity 30 Expired
US6774943B1 Method and apparatus for edge enhancement in digital images Electricity 30 Expired
US6343101B1 Frame-based sign inversion method and system for spectral shaping for pulse-coded-modulation modems Electricity 27 Expired
US6911640B1 Reducing reset noise in CMOS image sensors Electricity 26 Expired
US6169747A Variable code frame length for multistream applications Electricity 26 Expired
US6425115B1 Area efficient delay circuits Physics 26 Expired
US7023918B2 Color motion artifact detection and processing apparatus compatible with video coding standards Electricity 25 Expired
US6838715B1 CMOS image sensor arrangement with reduced pixel light shadowing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6768149B1 Tapered threshold reset FET for CMOS imagers Electricity 24 Expired
USD355915S Combined microphone and mount General 23 Expired
US6917380B1 One time programmable solid-state device Electricity 21 Expired
US7058464B2 Device and method for signal processing Electricity 19 Expired
US9509011B2 Method and system for rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US6138183A Transparent direct memory access Physics 16 Expired
US6961084B1 Programmable image transform processor Electricity 15 Expired
US6327249A Data communication device Electricity 15 Expired

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