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PHILIPS ELECTRONICS LTD

22Patents
14Active
22Granted
48Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 2, 1994 → Sep 30, 2016 · 13 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7840254B2 Electromagnetically tracked K-wire device Human Necessities 116 Active
US8047673B2 Light control device exhibiting batwing luminous intensity distributions in upper and lower hemispheres Physics 79 Active
US7959326B2 Orientable lens for a LED fixture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Active
US7805269B2 Device and method for ensuring the accuracy of a tracking device in a volume Performing Operations; Transporting 53 Expired
USD716096S1 Bottle warmer General 51 Active
US8611983B2 Method and apparatus for guiding an instrument to a target in the lung Human Necessities 48 Active
US5589777A Circuit and method for testing a disk drive head assembly without probing Physics 43 Expired
US7751868B2 Integrated skin-mounted multifunction device for use in image-guided surgery Human Necessities 32 Active
US7946734B2 Low up-light cutoff acorn style luminaire Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 31 Active
US8021027B2 LED based acorn style luminaire Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Active
US6488379B2 Video projector illumination system using two lamps having complementary beams patterns Electricity 19 Expired
US7840251B2 Device and method for registering a position sensor in an anatomical body Human Necessities 17 Active
US8061666B1 Adapter assembly for pole luminaire Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Active
USD714434S1 Elbow connector with exhaust port and nebulizer General 10 Active
US5560795A Process for manufacturing a printed circuit board and printed circuit board Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7945995B1 Metal living hinge Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Active
US6383918B1 Method for reducing semiconductor contact resistance Electricity 5 Expired
US5828852A Method for operation of a bus system for highly flexible and quick data transmission between units connected to the bus system and configuration for carrying out the method Physics 5 Expired
US10582879B2 Method and apparatus for registration, verification and referencing of internal organs Human Necessities 4 Active
US6436546B1 Method for coating foil comprised of nickel or nickel alloy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7184647B2 Information carrier, device for reading and device for providing the information carrier and method of transmitting picture information Electricity 1 Expired
US8500296B2 Metal living hinge Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active

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