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LITEF GmbH

75Patents
3Active
75Granted
39Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jul 19, 1985 → Apr 3, 2006 · 3 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4702600A Method and apparatus for measuring angular rate with a passive optical resonator Human Necessities 71 Expired
US5515683A Thermoelectric heating or cooling device Electricity 58 Expired
US6205401A Navigation system for a vehicle, especially a land craft Physics 57 Expired
US5959206A Micromechanical rotation speed sensor Physics 33 Expired
US5614742A Micromechanical accelerometer with plate-like semiconductor wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US7481110B2 Method for quadrature-bias compensation in a Coriolis gyro, as well as a Coriolis gyro which is suitable for this purpose Physics 27 Expired
US5351123A Method and apparatus for stabilizing control loop scale factor and gain in a fiber optic Sagnac interferometer Physics 25 Expired
US4953834A Pendulum with bending spring joint Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Expired
US4924749A Method and apparatus for stabilizing high-dynamics devices Physics 21 Expired
US5133600A Method and apparatus for demodulating the rotation rate signal of a fiber optic gyroscope Physics 20 Expired
US5661735A FDIC method for minimizing measuring failures in a measuring system comprising redundant sensors Physics 19 Expired
US4870602A Method for determining route angles Physics 19 Expired
US4930085A Method for determining the heading of an aircraft Physics 18 Expired
US6760111B1 Digital phase modulator Physics 16 Expired
US6863832B1 Method for producing a torsion spring Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US7964428B2 Micromechanical component and method for fabricating a micromechanical component Electricity 15 Active
US5267264A Synchronization and matching method for a binary baseband transmission system Electricity 15 Expired
US4825261A Method for reading out rotation rate with a passive optical resonator Physics 14 Expired
US4702106A Method for determining the horizontal airspeed of helicopters in low speed ranges Physics 13 Expired
US7805993B2 Operating method for a Coriolis gyro, and evaluation/control electronics which are suitable for this purpose Physics 13 Active
US5485274A Fiber optic interferometer with wavelength-stabilized light source Physics 13 Expired
US5778073A Method and device for speech encryption and decryption in voice transmission Electricity 12 Expired
US6119517A Micro-mechanical rate-of-rotation sensor with coupled structure Physics 12 Expired
US6490923B1 Micromechanical rpm sensor Physics 12 Expired
US5504032A Micromechanical accelerometer and method of manufacture thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired

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