Inventor · Oebisfelde, DE

Stefan W. Hell

46Patents
12h-index
64Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 25, 1996 → Aug 24, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5731588A Process and device for optically measuring a point on a sample with high local resolution Physics 84 Expired
US5777732A Luminescence-scanning microscopy process and a luminescence scanning microscope utilizing picosecond or greater pulse lasers Physics 75 Expired
US6262423A Scanning microscope in which a sample is simultaneously and optically excited at various points Physics 44 Expired
US7064824B2 High spatial resoulution imaging and modification of structures Physics 37 Expired
US7430045B2 High spatial resolution imaging Physics 22 Expired
US8580579B2 Hydrophilic and lipophilic rhodamines for labelling and imaging Physics 22 Active
US8735444B2 Fluorinated rhodamines as photostable fluorescent dyes for labelling and imaging techniques Physics 19 Active
US8084754B2 High spatial resolution imaging of a structure of interest in a specimen Physics 18 Active
US7253893B2 Method and apparatus for spatially limited excitation of an optical transition Physics 17 Expired
US6934079B2 Confocal microscope comprising two microlens arrays and a pinhole diaphragm array Physics 15 Expired
US7115885B2 Method and device for multi photon excitation of a sample Physics 14 Expired
US9291562B2 Method and apparatus for tracking a particle, particularly a single molecule, in a sample Physics 14 Active
US9719928B2 High-resolution fluorescence microscopy using a structured beam of excitation light Physics 10 Active
US8617827B2 Photoactivable fluorescent dyes for optical microscopy and imaging techniques Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Active
US7538893B2 Method of microscopically examining a spatial finestructure Physics 10 Active
US8174692B2 High spatial resolution imaging of a structure of interest in a specimen Physics 9 Active
US6891670B2 Double confocal scanning microscope Physics 9 Expired
US7224452B2 Method of exciting molecules out of a first state into a second states using an optical signal Physics 8 Active
US9024279B2 Determining the distribution of a substance by scanning with a measuring front Physics 8 Active
US7863585B2 STED-fluorescent light microscopy with two-photon excitation Physics 7 Active
US7539115B2 Creating a permanent structure with high spatial resolution Physics 6 Active
US9551658B2 STED microscopy with pulsed excitation, continuous stimulation, and gated registration of spontaneously emitted fluorescence light Physics 6 Active
US9891417B2 Locally imaging a structure in a sample at high spatial resolution Physics 6 Active
US7719679B2 Method and device for optically measuring a sample Physics 5 Active
US7880150B2 High spatial resolution imaging of a structure of interest in a specimen Physics 5 Active

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