New Focus, Inc.
🏢 View company profile →67Patents
0Active
67Granted
39Portfolio score
Filing activity: Jan 7, 1991 → Aug 29, 2003
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5319668A | Tuning system for external cavity diode laser | Electricity | 181 | Expired |
| US5419522A | Universal optical mount | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 98 | Expired |
| US6282215A | Continuously-tunable external cavity laser | Electricity | 84 | Expired |
| US5933353A | Method and apparatus for computer aided machining | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 72 | Expired |
| US5410206A | Piezoelectric actuator for optical alignment screws | Electricity | 68 | Expired |
| US6108355A | Continuously-tunable external cavity laser | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US5140470A | Optical mounting apparatus | Physics | 54 | Expired |
| US6526071B1 | Tunable laser transmitter with internal wavelength grid generators | Electricity | 51 | Expired |
| US6040914A | Simple, low cost, laser absorption sensor system | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US5596456A | Achromatic anamorphic prism pair | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US6282025A | Optical polarization beam combiner/splitter | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US6331892A | Interferometer for monitoring wavelength in an optical beam | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US6470120B2 | Method and apparatus for aligning fiber optics with optical elements | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US6304586A | Method and apparatus for modulating a tunable laser | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US6330253A | Passive thermal stabilization of the tuning element in a tunable laser | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US5852519A | Positionable multi-optic holder | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US5116004A | Vertically adjustable mounting post for optical element | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6175448A | Optical circulators using beam angle turners | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US5524012A | Tunable, multiple frequency laser diode | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US5400674A | Precision component positioner | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US6325551A | Method and apparatus for optically aligning optical fibers with optical devices | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5694257A | Rotary beamsplitter prism mount | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5303035A | Precision micropositioner | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Expired |
| US5737132A | Flip-type mirror mount | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6608847B2 | Tunable laser with suppression of spontaneous emission | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.