OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.

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0 5,516 total patents issued
671 Total Apps Published
Oct 16, 2012 most recent publication

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5,516 Issued Patents
11 Issued in last 3 years
2 Published in last 3 years

92,297 Total Citation Count
Nov 11, 1976 Earliest Filing
3,092 Expired/Abandoned/Withdrawn Patents

Technologies

G02B OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS 735 3

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G03B APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR 470 7

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A61B DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 404 15

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H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 278 37

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G11B INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER 97 59

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G06K RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 84 67

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G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 48 252

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G09G ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 40 79

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H01L SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 39 218

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Top Patents (by citation)

5,106,360 Thermotherapeutic apparatus Feb 11, 91 Apr 21, 92 [A61N] 410

5,395,030 Surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues Jun 02, 93 Mar 07, 95 [A61B] 400

5,389,098 Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues May 14, 93 Feb 14, 95 [A61B] 390

6,352,503 Endoscopic surgery apparatus Jul 15, 99 Mar 05, 02 [A61B] 278

5,467,911 Surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues Apr 22, 94 Nov 21, 95 [A61B] 273

6,273,887 High-frequency treatment tool Jan 21, 99 Aug 14, 01 [A61B] 271

5,339,799 Medical system for reproducing a state of contact of the treatment section in the operation unit Apr 17, 92 Aug 23, 94 [A61B] 253

5,876,325 Surgical manipulation system Sep 30, 97 Mar 02, 99 [A61B] 249

5,658,300 Tissue fixing surgical instrument, tissue-fixing device, and method of fixing tissues Feb 03, 95 Aug 19, 97 [A61B] 226

6,050,472 Surgical anastomosis stapler Apr 11, 97 Apr 18, 00 [A61B] 209

Recent Publications

2010/0328,515 ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA WITH CAPABILITY TO PERFORM OPTIMAL FOCUS DETECTION ACCORDING TO SELECTED MODE Sep 03, 10 Dec 30, 10 [H04N]

2010/0201,852 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Apr 27, 10 Aug 12, 10 [H04N]

2010/0118,396 CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE APPARATUS Jan 19, 10 May 13, 10 [G02B]

2010/0110,224 ELECTRONIC CAMERA Jan 11, 10 May 06, 10 [H04N]

2009/0147,102 Electronic Camera Jan 27, 09 Jun 11, 09 [H04N]

2009/0086,038 IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING A COOLED IMAGING ELEMENT WHICH IS SHIFTED TO PERFORM HIGH-DEFINITION IMAGING Nov 26, 08 Apr 02, 09 [H04N]

2009/0067,695 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WHICH CALCULATES AND DISPLAYS COLOR GRADE DATA AND DISPLAY IMAGE DATA Nov 03, 08 Mar 12, 09 [H04N, G06K]

2009/0051,803 CAMERA HAVING A DUST-PROOFING MEMBER THAT IS VIBRATED TO REMOVE DUST, THE DUST-PROOFING MEMBER BEING PRESSED BY A SPRING PRESSING MEMBER TOWARD A SEALING PART THAT SEALS A SPACE BETWEEN THE DUST-PROOFING MEMBER AND AN IMAGE PICKUP-DEVICE Oct 21, 08 Feb 26, 09 [H04N]

2009/0016,602 COLOR REPRODUCING DEVICE Sep 15, 08 Jan 15, 09 [G06K]

2008/0176,307 METHOD OF ISOLATING CELL OR SAMPLE TO BE ANALYZED IN CELL Aug 06, 07 Jul 24, 08 [C12N]

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Recent Patents

8,290,263 Image processing apparatus Apr 27, 10 Oct 16, 12 [H04N, G06K]

8,106,953 Imaging apparatus including a cooled imaging element which is shifted to perform high-definition imaging Nov 26, 08 Jan 31, 12 [H04N, H01J, H01L, H05K]

8,077,250 Electronic still camera with capability to perform optimal focus detection according to selected mode Sep 03, 10 Dec 13, 11 [H04N, G03B]

8,072,680 Confocal microscope apparatus Jan 19, 10 Dec 06, 11 [G02B]

8,049,790 Electronic camera for synthesizing two images having a white balance correction Jan 11, 10 Nov 01, 11 [H04N]

7,907,168 Endoscope system May 21, 02 Mar 15, 11 [H04N]

7,808,544 Electronic still camera with capability to perform optimal focus detection according to selected mode Oct 25, 07 Oct 05, 10 [H04N, G03B]

7,782,386 Optical apparatus provided with variable mirror Mar 24, 03 Aug 24, 10 [H04N, G02B]

7,762,948 Endoscope system Mar 31, 06 Jul 27, 10 [A61B]

7,755,664 Image pickup apparatus Feb 15, 07 Jul 13, 10 [H04N]

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