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19,135 Total Apps Published
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16,895 Issued Patents
4,545 Issued in last 3 years
4,819 Published in last 3 years

119,364 Total Citation Count
Dec 19, 1980 Earliest Filing
1,423 Expired/Abandoned/Withdrawn Patents

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B41J TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS 3097 2

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H01L SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1993 12

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G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 1103 29

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G09G ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 1003 3

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G02F DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS 919 5

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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 873 5

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G06K RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 760 10

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H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 696 15

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G02B OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS 544 11

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G03G ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY 475 14

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Top Patents (by citation)

6,064,764 Fragile watermarks for detecting tampering in images Mar 30, 98 May 16, 00 [G06K] 236

6,127,199 Manufacturing method of active matrix substrate, active matrix substrate and liquid crystal display device Jul 10, 98 Oct 03, 00 [H01L] 184

5,204,768 Remote controlled electronic presentation system Feb 12, 91 Apr 20, 93 [H04B] 164

5,490,117 IC card with dual level power supply interface and method for operating the IC card Mar 23, 94 Feb 06, 96 [G11C] 154

6,518,962 Pixel circuit display apparatus and electronic apparatus equipped with current driving type light-emitting device Oct 21, 98 Feb 11, 03 [G09G] 149

5,259,737 Micropump with valve structure Jul 02, 91 Nov 09, 93 [F04B] 145

5,341,012 CMOS device for use in connection with an active matrix panel Jul 31, 92 Aug 23, 94 [H01L] 139

6,361,501 Pulse wave diagnosing device Jun 21, 99 Mar 26, 02 [A61B] 130

6,438,282 Optical switching device and image display device Nov 14, 01 Aug 20, 02 [G02B] 129

D520020 Portable multimedia player Nov 22, 04 May 02, 06 [] 126

Recent Publications

2013/0104,677 PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION DEVICE, PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Oct 26, 12 May 02, 13 [G01N]

2013/0104,762 PRINT-TARGET FABRIC SUPPORTING DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PRINTING ON FABRIC Oct 24, 12 May 02, 13 [B41F]

2013/0105,693 PYROELECTRIC LIGHT DETECTOR, PYROELECTRIC LIGHT DETECTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Oct 29, 12 May 02, 13 [G01J]

2013/0106,858 HIGHSPEED IMAGE SELECTING METHOD DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING HIGHSPEED IMAGE SELECTING FUNCTION Dec 17, 12 May 02, 13 [G06T]

2013/0106,869 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY DEVICE Oct 18, 12 May 02, 13 [G06T]

2013/0106,908 DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Oct 05, 12 May 02, 13 [G09G]

2013/0106,935 PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD Oct 24, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J]

2013/0106,937 PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING PROGRAM Oct 24, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J]

2013/0106,938 PRINTING APPARATUS Oct 23, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J]

2013/0106,941 RECORDING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A RECORDING DEVICE, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM RUN BY A CONTROL UNIT THAT CONTROLS THE RECORDING DEVICE Mar 29, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J]

2013/0106,943 PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING PROGRAM Oct 24, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J]

2013/0106,949 FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD OF FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS Dec 18, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J]

2013/0106,953 LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD Dec 18, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J]

2013/0106,955 PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD Oct 25, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J]

2013/0106,958 LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT Oct 30, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J, H01L]

2013/0106,959 LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT Oct 30, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J, H01L]

2013/0106,960 LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT Oct 31, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J, H01L]

2013/0106,968 Printing Material Receptacle, Label, and Printing Apparatus Oct 24, 12 May 02, 13 [B42D, B41J]

2013/0107,076 DIGITAL CAMERA THAT TRANSMITS DATA TO EXTERNAL SYSTEM Dec 17, 12 May 02, 13 [H04N]

2013/0107,181 LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Oct 31, 12 May 02, 13 [G02F]

2013/0107,223 PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Sep 07, 12 May 02, 13 [G03B]

2013/0107,229 PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR HAVING THE SAME Oct 24, 12 May 02, 13 [G03B, G02B]

2013/0107,260 SPECTROMETER Oct 08, 12 May 02, 13 [G01J]

2013/0107,262 SPECTROPHOTOMETER Oct 12, 12 May 02, 13 [G01J]

2013/0107,281 Printer cover opening/closing mechanism, and printer Apr 23, 12 May 02, 13 [G06K]

2013/0107,287 PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD Oct 25, 12 May 02, 13 [G06K]

2013/0107,301 PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD Sep 28, 12 May 02, 13 [G06K]

2013/0107,323 Printer, Printer System, and Firmware Rewriting Method Dec 11, 12 May 02, 13 [G06F]

2013/0107,337 ACTUATOR, OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Dec 12, 12 May 02, 13 [G02B, H01L]

2013/0107,467 CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE Oct 16, 12 May 02, 13 [H05K]

2013/0108,841 INK JET RESIN INK COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER Oct 22, 12 May 02, 13 [C08G, C08F, C09D, B41J, B32B, C08K, B82Y]

2013/0108,842 INK JET RECORDING METHOD Oct 31, 12 May 02, 13 [B41J, B32B]

2013/0111,072 METHOD OF MONITORING THE STATUS OF A PERIPHERAL DEVICE, AND A COMPUTER AND NETWORK SYSTEM Oct 26, 12 May 02, 13 [G06F]

2013/0099,118 TERAHERTZ WAVE DETECTING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND MEASURING DEVICE Oct 22, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G01J]

2013/0099,379 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Dec 14, 12 Apr 25, 13 [H01L]

2013/0100,186 PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD Oct 17, 12 Apr 25, 13 [B41J]

2013/0100,188 PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD Oct 23, 12 Apr 25, 13 [B41J]

2013/0100,190 PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD Oct 17, 12 Apr 25, 13 [B41J]

2013/0100,191 PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD Oct 19, 12 Apr 25, 13 [B41J]

2013/0100,214 Liquid Container Dec 13, 12 Apr 25, 13 [B41J]

2013/0100,218 RECORDING APPARATUS Oct 08, 12 Apr 25, 13 [B41J]

2013/0100,220 LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS Dec 11, 12 Apr 25, 13 [B41J]

2013/0100,376 LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS Oct 16, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G02F]

2013/0100,422 REFLECTIVE SCREEN APPARATUS Sep 11, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G03B]

2013/0100,492 PRINTING SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD Oct 09, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G06K]

2013/0101,731 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS Oct 18, 12 Apr 25, 13 [H01L]

2013/0101,810 TREATMENT LIQUID FOR PLASTIC FILM, PRIMER LIQUID FOR PRINTING, INK COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR INK JET Dec 13, 12 Apr 25, 13 [C09D]

2013/0104,154 MEDIA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME Dec 14, 12 Apr 25, 13 [G11B]

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Recent Patents

8,434,363 Support member of vibrator Jul 21, 10 May 07, 13 [G01C, H01L]

8,434,842 Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of controlling liquid ejecting apparatus Sep 28, 10 May 07, 13 [B41J]

8,434,843 Printing apparatus, printing method, and program Nov 23, 09 May 07, 13 [B41J]

8,434,846 Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting method Jan 29, 10 May 07, 13 [B41J]

8,434,851 Printing apparatus Sep 01, 11 May 07, 13 [B41J]

8,434,852 Liquid ejecting head unit and liquid ejecting apparatus Jun 02, 11 May 07, 13 [B41J]

8,434,859 Cartridge Dec 19, 11 May 07, 13 [B41J]

8,434,878 Proximity projector with a transmissive cover with modified reflectance properties Dec 18, 09 May 07, 13 [G03B]

8,435,414 Nozzle plate manufacturing method, nozzle plate, droplet discharge head manufacturing method, droplet discharge head, and printer Mar 24, 10 May 07, 13 [B41J]

8,436,117 Stimuli responsive compound, stimuli responsive compound polymer, actuator and method for manufacturing stimuli responsive compound Feb 02, 11 May 07, 13 [C08F, C07D]

8,436,374 Light-emitting element, display device, and electronic apparatus Jul 11, 11 May 07, 13 [H01L]

8,436,791 Light-emitting device and mobility compensating method for driving the same, and electronic device Jan 20, 10 May 07, 13 [G09G]

8,436,793 Light emitting apparatus, electronic equipment and method of driving pixel circuit Mar 26, 10 May 07, 13 [G09G]

8,436,795 Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus Aug 17, 07 May 07, 13 [G02F, G09G]

8,436,874 Item editing method, item editing device, and program Dec 07, 07 May 07, 13 [G06T, G09G]

8,437,039 Image processing device, image processing method, and program Mar 23, 10 May 07, 13 [H04N, G06F]

8,437,226 Timekeeping device and satellite signal reception method for a timekeeping device Jan 09, 12 May 07, 13 [G01S, G04C]

8,437,227 Electronic timepiece Mar 22, 12 May 07, 13 [G01S, G04C]

8,437,278 Service providing apparatus for digital processing service, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method Jul 01, 10 May 07, 13 [H04W]

8,437,497 System and method for real-time image retensioning and loop error correction Jan 27, 11 May 07, 13 [G06K]

8,438,584 Medium transporting unit and media processing apparatus for reading or writing data Apr 02, 08 May 07, 13 [G11B]

8,430,352 Roll medium feeding apparatus and recording apparatus Feb 03, 11 Apr 30, 13 [B65H]

8,430,464 Liquid ejecting apparatus Nov 18, 09 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,466 Head drive device of inkjet printer and ink jet printer Jan 17, 07 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,467 Liquid ejecting apparatus Feb 11, 11 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,468 Head drive device of inkjet printer and inkjet printer Dec 21, 11 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,473 Liquid ejection device and liquid ejection method Mar 01, 11 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,480 Liquid ejection device Jan 21, 11 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,481 Head attachment member and liquid ejection device Jan 26, 11 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,485 Liquid ejecting apparatus Aug 16, 11 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,495 Ink jet recording method and recorded matter Dec 09, 10 Apr 30, 13 [G01D]

8,430,497 Ink jet recording method Apr 01, 11 Apr 30, 13 [G01D]

8,430,499 Printing apparatus and printing method Mar 22, 10 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,500 Recording apparatus and transport method Mar 24, 10 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,501 Liquid ejection device Jan 13, 11 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,504 Printer opening and closing mechanism which prevents interference of the platen and the inkjet head May 04, 12 Apr 30, 13 [B41J]

8,430,583 Printing device and method of controlling the printing device which detects a shape of a printing medium in order to control a printing position Oct 05, 10 Apr 30, 13 [G03G, B41J]

8,430,706 Organic electroluminescent device and method of manufacturing organic electroluminescent device Aug 30, 07 Apr 30, 13 [H05B]

8,431,182 Matrix type display device and manufacturing method thereof Aug 27, 08 Apr 30, 13 [H01J, B05D]

8,431,630 Method for manufacturing water resistant aluminum pigment dispersion, water resistant aluminum pigment, and aqueous ink composition containing the same Mar 01, 10 Apr 30, 13 [C09D]

8,431,935 Semiconductor substrate with cobalt silicide buffer layer and its manufacturing method Sep 21, 10 Apr 30, 13 [H01L]

8,431,941 Active matrix substrate, electrophoretic display apparatus, and electronic device Dec 29, 09 Apr 30, 13 [H01L]

8,432,039 Integrated circuit device and electronic instrument Dec 21, 10 Apr 30, 13 [H01L]

8,432,087 Resonator element, resonator, oscillator, and electronic device Sep 09, 10 Apr 30, 13 [H03H]

8,432,162 Magnetic sensor using an optical pumping method Apr 14, 10 Apr 30, 13 [G01R]

8,432,232 MEMS device and oscillator Mar 11, 11 Apr 30, 13 [H03B]

8,432,422 Transferred medium Aug 16, 10 Apr 30, 13 [G01D, G11B, B41J]

8,432,435 Ray image modeling for fast catadioptric light field rendering Aug 10, 11 Apr 30, 13 [H04N]

8,432,459 Adjustment for output image of image data Sep 19, 11 Apr 30, 13 [H04N]

8,432,526 Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus including the same Sep 24, 08 Apr 30, 13 [G02F]

8,432,564 Printing request apparatus, printing system and printing request method Jul 28, 06 Apr 30, 13 [G06F]

8,432,566 Printer driver and method of printing print data Apr 14, 09 Apr 30, 13 [G06F]

8,432,578 Serial printer for reducing printer head movement Mar 22, 10 Apr 30, 13 [G06K]

8,432,587 Line printing device and method performing color conversion and halftoning on image data subjected to correction based on correction vectors associated with a pixel row and reference color Mar 11, 11 Apr 30, 13 [H04N]

8,432,624 Optical article and method for producing the same Nov 07, 11 Apr 30, 13 [G02B]

8,432,771 Electronic timepiece Aug 09, 10 Apr 30, 13 [G04C]

8,433,133 Method and apparatus for detecting objects in an image Dec 12, 11 Apr 30, 13 [G06K]

8,433,226 Image forming apparatus and transfer device including image carrier belt and driver roller Sep 24, 10 Apr 30, 13 [G03G]

8,433,992 Information distribution system, service-providing method for an information distribution system, and a program for the same Oct 28, 09 Apr 30, 13 [G06F]

8,424,987 Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting method Oct 21, 10 Apr 23, 13 [B41J]

8,424,989 Liquid ejection device and liquid ejection method Mar 11, 11 Apr 23, 13 [B41J]

8,424,992 Recording method, recording apparatus and operation control program Dec 08, 09 Apr 23, 13 [B41J]

8,425,001 Fluid ejecting apparatus, method of maintaining fluid ejecting apparatus, and method of driving tube pump Feb 10, 11 Apr 23, 13 [B41J]

8,425,003 Position detecting device, liquid ejecting apparatus and method of detecting smear of scale Oct 03, 11 Apr 23, 13 [B41J]

8,425,009 Liquid ejecting head unit and liquid ejecting apparatus Mar 25, 10 Apr 23, 13 [B41J]

8,425,015 Liquid ejecting apparatus Oct 28, 10 Apr 23, 13 [B41J]

8,425,023 Liquid ejecting apparatus Sep 23, 10 Apr 23, 13 [B41J]

8,425,043 Projector having a plurality of optical devices with a purality of optical modulators Feb 19, 10 Apr 23, 13 [H04N, G03B, G02B, G02F]

8,425,045 Light source and projector Mar 25, 11 Apr 23, 13 [G03B, F21V]

8,425,047 Keystone correction and lens adjustment for projector Feb 17, 12 Apr 23, 13 [H04N, G03B]

8,425,050 Projection display device and keystone correction method Sep 14, 10 Apr 23, 13 [H04N, G03B]

8,425,051 Projector and image projection method Jan 25, 11 Apr 23, 13 [G03B]

8,425,053 Lighting control device and projector Feb 04, 10 Apr 23, 13 [G03B, H05B, H01J, G05F]

8,425,056 Image display apparatus Mar 11, 10 Apr 23, 13 [G03B]

8,425,544 Fluid injection device Jul 25, 08 Apr 23, 13 [A61B]

8,425,816 Shaping slurry and shaping method May 11, 11 Apr 23, 13 [B29C]

8,427,035 Vibration device and electronic device Nov 02, 10 Apr 23, 13 [H03H, H01L]

8,427,146 Magnetic sensor for measuring a magnetic field using optical pumping method Apr 14, 10 Apr 23, 13 [G01V]

8,427,244 Oscillation circuit and frequency-correcting oscillation circuit Feb 28, 11 Apr 23, 13 [H03L]

8,427,401 Electro-optical device and method for driving the same by applying a capacitance charge, and electronic apparatus Apr 16, 10 Apr 23, 13 [G09G]

8,427,409 Projector Mar 27, 08 Apr 23, 13 [G09G]

8,427,415 Source driver, electro-optical device, projection-type display device, and electronic instrument Feb 20, 08 Apr 23, 13 [G09G]

8,427,485 Information processing device, image display device, and information processing method Jun 09, 10 Apr 23, 13 [H04N, G06F, G06K]

8,427,517 Light-emitting element, exposure head and image-forming apparatus Mar 18, 10 Apr 23, 13 [B41J, H01L]

8,427,612 Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus Apr 01, 11 Apr 23, 13 [G02F]

8,427,697 Color separation into plural ink components including primary color ink and spot color ink Nov 24, 08 Apr 23, 13 [G06F]

8,427,735 Electrophoretic display sheet, electrophoretic display, method for producing electrophoretic display, and electronic apparatus Jun 09, 10 Apr 23, 13 [G02B]

8,427,909 Timepiece dial, method of manufacturing a timepiece dial, and a timepiece Aug 12, 11 Apr 23, 13 [G04B]

8,428,361 Image processing apparatus for detecting a face Dec 23, 10 Apr 23, 13 [G06K]

8,428,922 Finite difference level set projection method on multi-staged quadrilateral grids Feb 05, 10 Apr 23, 13 [G06G]

8,429,227 Image display device and method of announcing a presence of an image display device over a network Jun 02, 04 Apr 23, 13 [G06F]

8,429,262 Communication system using multiple types of communication modes, communication terminal, computer program, and communication method Feb 23, 10 Apr 23, 13 [G06F]

8,429,437 System including plurality of storage devices and data transmission method for the same Nov 24, 10 Apr 23, 13 [G06F]

D680573 Table mount for projector Mar 20, 12 Apr 23, 13 [1602]

D680583 Waste ink box for printer Nov 21, 11 Apr 23, 13 [1802]

RE44164 Multiple wavelength light emitting device, electronic apparatus, and interference mirror Jun 02, 00 Apr 23, 13 [H05B, H01J, H01L]

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