Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

KEYENCE CORPORATION

503Patents
413Active
503Granted
61Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 24, 1986 → Aug 1, 2024 · 72 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6983886B2 Two-dimensional code reader setting method, two-dimensional code reader, two dimensional code reader setting program and computer readable recording medium Physics 155 Expired
US5750974A Lighting apparatus having light emitting diodes arranged in a plurality of planes on a printed circuit board Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 124 Expired
US7059184B2 Split-flow-type flow sensor device Physics 76 Expired
US6704441B1 Inspection system Physics 49 Expired
US6137408A Controller for plural area sensors Physics 49 Expired
US6211784A Object detector and object detector system Physics 49 Expired
US5259729A Propeller blade tip path plane inclining device Human Necessities 48 Expired
US6902114B2 Setting bar code of optical information reader, method for generating the same, method for changing setting of optical information reader and computer-readable medium Physics 39 Expired
US5734412A Scan type laser marking device including a scanning speed setting a device Electricity 38 Expired
US6653638B2 Ion generating apparatus Electricity 37 Expired
US6979814B2 Multi-optical-path photoelectric safety apparatus Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 29 Expired
US5959282A Enhanced error handling apparatus, method, and program product for barcode readers Physics 28 Expired
US6414603B1 Method for displaying state of multi-optical-axis photoswitch and multi-optical-axis photoswitch adapted to the method Physics 28 Expired
US6894623B2 Display monitor for multi-optical-path photoelectric safety apparatus and multi-optical-path photoelectric safety apparatus including a display monitor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 27 Expired
US7375944B2 Ionizer and discharge electrode assembly to be assembled therein Electricity 25 Expired
US6239423A Area sensor with optical axis having narrow angular characteristics Physics 22 Expired
US7948733B2 Static eliminator Electricity 22 Active
US8330095B2 Safety photoelectric switch Physics 21 Active
US6124936A Color discrimination system Physics 21 Expired
US4741000A Photoelectronic switch Electricity 21 Expired
US8134821B2 Static eliminator and discharge electrode unit built therein Electricity 21 Active
US7649728B2 Electricity removal apparatus Electricity 21 Active
US7489410B2 Optical displacement meter, optical displacement measuring method, optical displacement measuring program, computer-readable recording medium, and device that records the program Physics 20 Active
US6744617B2 Ionizing apparatus and discharge electrode bar for the same Electricity 18 Expired
US7098441B2 Photoelectric sensor Physics 18 Expired

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