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General Scanning, Inc.

82Patents
0Active
82Granted
42Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 19, 1974 → May 5, 2003

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6340806B1 Energy-efficient method and system for processing target material using an amplified, wavelength-shifted pulse train Electricity 157 Expired
US6144118A High-speed precision positioning apparatus Electricity 128 Expired
US6181728A Controlling laser polarization Performing Operations; Transporting 112 Expired
US5998759A Laser processing Performing Operations; Transporting 96 Expired
US6339604B1 Pulse control in laser systems Electricity 93 Expired
US5768461A Scanned remote imaging method and system and method of determining optimum design characteristics of a filter for use therein Physics 92 Expired
US6078390A Scanning system and method of operation for automatically setting detection sensitivity Physics 81 Expired
US6215894A Automatic imaging and analysis of microarray biochips Physics 77 Expired
US5121138A Resonant scanner control system Electricity 74 Expired
US5895915A Bi-directional scanning system with a pixel clock system Physics 71 Expired
US6337462B1 Laser processing Performing Operations; Transporting 67 Expired
US6483071B1 Method and system for precisely positioning a waist of a material-processing laser beam to process microstructures within a laser-processing site Performing Operations; Transporting 64 Expired
US5300756A Method for severing integrated-circuit connection paths by a phase-plate-adjusted laser beam Electricity 62 Expired
US5812269A Triangulation-based 3-D imaging and processing method and system Physics 61 Expired
US5815275A Method and system for triangulation-based, 3-D imaging utilizing an angled scanning beam of radiant energy Physics 57 Expired
US4830496A Interferometer Physics 56 Expired
US5225923A Scanning microscope employing improved scanning mechanism Physics 55 Expired
US6075613A Optical scanner calibration device Physics 52 Expired
US5948291A Laser beam distributor and computer program for controlling the same Physics 52 Expired
US4632501A Resonant electromechanical oscillator Physics 51 Expired
US4816920A Planar surface scanning system Electricity 51 Expired
US4919500A Torsion bar scanner with damping Physics 48 Expired
US4135119A Limited rotation motor Electricity 43 Expired
US6028671A Method and system for suppressing unwanted reflections in an optical system Physics 42 Expired
US6300590A Laser processing Electricity 39 Expired

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