Inventor · Meckesheim, DE

Holger Birk

45Patents
9h-index
26Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 20, 2000 → Sep 25, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6611643B2 Illuminating device and microscope Electricity 85 Expired
US6796699B2 Laser illuminator and method Electricity 30 Expired
US6710918B2 Scanning microscope Electricity 21 Expired
US6567164B2 Entangled-photon microscope and confocal microscope Electricity 20 Expired
US7151270B2 Method for classifying object image regions of an object to be detected using a scanning microscope Physics 19 Expired
US7110645B2 Method and instrument for microscopy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6737635B2 Apparatus for combining light and confocal scanning microscope Physics 17 Expired
US6898367B2 Method and instrument for microscopy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7477380B2 Scanning microscope comprising a confocal slit scanner for imaging an object Physics 10 Expired
US6864989B2 Method for illuminating an object with light from a laser light source Physics 9 Expired
US6654166B2 Scanning microscope with multiband illumination and optical component for a scanning microscope with multiband illumination Electricity 8 Expired
US6967764B2 Optical arrangement and scan microscope Physics 5 Expired
US10101203B2 Device and method for detecting light Physics 5 Active
US6888674B1 Arrangement for examining microscopic preparations with a scanning microscope, and illumination device for a scanning microscope Electricity 4 Expired
US8681412B2 Acousto-optical system, microscope and method of use of the acousto-optical system Physics 4 Active
US7600926B2 Device for adjusting an optical fiber or an optical fiber bundle Physics 4 Expired
US9042010B2 Scanning microscope and method for optically scanning one or more samples Physics 3 Active
US6850358B2 Scanning microscope and optical element Physics 3 Expired
US7002717B1 Apparatus for beam deflection Physics 3 Expired
US9036232B2 Device for scanning an object, method for operating the device and scanning microscope Physics 3 Active
US9450118B2 Detector apparatus Electricity 1 Active
US7123408B2 Arrangement for examining microscopic preparations with a scanning microscope, and illumination device for a scanning microscope Electricity 1 Expired
US7596454B2 Method for separating detection channels of a microscope system Physics 1 Expired
US8319970B2 Device and method for beam adjustment in an optical beam path Physics 1 Active
US8503076B2 Apparatus for the detection of light in a scanning microscope Electricity 1 Active

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