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Thomson-CSF

2,696Patents
0Active
2,696Granted
47Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 25, 1967 → Oct 14, 2003

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5884212A Process for monitoring traffic for automatic vehicle incident detection Physics 396 Expired
US4586512A Device for localized heating of biological tissues Human Necessities 347 Expired
US6289114A Fingerprint-reading system Physics 334 Expired
US5076664A Optical device enabling the introduction of a collimated image in an observer's field of vision Physics 291 Expired
US4593978A Smectic liquid crystal color display screen Physics 243 Expired
US4396885A Device applicable to direction finding for measuring the relative orientation of two bodies Physics 237 Expired
US5105127A Dimming method and device for fluorescent lamps used for backlighting of liquid crystal screens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 214 Expired
US5453877A Optical system of collimation notably for helmet display unit Physics 205 Expired
US4088400A Display devices Physics 181 Expired
US4967160A Frequency multiplier with programmable order of multiplication Electricity 177 Expired
US4928005A Multiple-point temperature sensor using optic fibers Physics 172 Expired
US4636785A Indicator device with electric control of displacement of a fluid Physics 157 Expired
US4554668A Frequency-hopping radio communications system Electricity 156 Expired
US4360876A Cartographic indicator system Physics 156 Expired
US4138726A Airborne arrangement for displaying a moving map Physics 155 Expired
US4209254A System for monitoring the movements of one or more point sources of luminous radiation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 154 Expired
US5124821A Large-field holographic binocular helmet visor Physics 149 Expired
US4945242A Photosensitive device and image detector including such a device, especially two-energy image detector Electricity 146 Expired
US4303300A Rotary-joint device providing for an optical waveguide transmission Physics 141 Expired
US4703219A Optical device for concentrating the light radiation emitted by a light emitting diode, and a light emitting diode comprising a device of this nature Electricity 138 Expired
US5416617A Image projection display screen employing polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer and electrochromic layer Physics 138 Expired
US5684817A Semiconductor laser having a structure of photonic bandgap material Electricity 135 Expired
US5458122A System for wireless transmission of medical data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 133 Expired
US4952788A Method of photoelectric detection with reduction of remanence of a phototransistor, notably of the NIPIN type Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 133 Expired
US5637536A Method for interconnecting semiconductor chips in three dimensions, and component resulting therefrom Electricity 132 Expired

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