General Scanning, Inc.
82Patents
0Active
82Granted
42Portfolio score
Filing activity: Dec 19, 1974 → May 5, 2003
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.