G02B 21/365
Control or image processing arrangements for digital or video microscopes
Official title: {Control or image processing arrangements for digital or video microscopes (G02B21/361, G02B21/362 take precedence)}
G02B21/365 (Control or image processing arrangements for digital or video microscopes) appears on 3,181 US grants and 4,126 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 3,181
- Published applications
- 4,126
- Assignees
- 1,146
- Inventors
- 5,845
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 18 | 27 |
| 2003 | 13 | 29 |
| 2004 | 14 | 50 |
| 2005 | 23 | 59 |
| 2006 | 35 | 52 |
| 2007 | 39 | 63 |
| 2008 | 27 | 83 |
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| 2021 | 226 | 307 |
| 2022 | 257 | 310 |
| 2023 | 209 | 231 |
| 2024 | 222 | 224 |
| 2025 | 236 | 195 |
| 2026 | 147 | 148 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ophthalmic observation apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,618 B2Topcon Corporation
- Apparatus for and method of generating a synthetic image as a function of a slide image6 Oct 2026US 12,755,359 B1Pramana, Inc.
- Systems and methods for counting cells29 Sep 2026US 12,748,034 B2Thrive Bioscience, Inc.
- Observation system, focus position calculation method, and computer readable medium29 Sep 2026US 12,748,281 B2Evident Corporation
- System and method for authentication of antique porcelain29 Sep 2026US 12,749,324 B2
- System and method for microscopy using a smart device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309965 A1Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Method for generating a super-resolved reconstructed image of a fluorescent sample and structured illumination microscopy method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309970 A1Crestoptics S.P.A.
- Apparatus for an optical imaging system, optical imaging system, method and computer program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309971 A1Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Microscope with digital binocular assembly having rigid flex cable connections8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309972 A1Alcon Inc.
- Method and apparatus for imaging of cells for the quantitative phase imaging of cells8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311327 A1Thrive Bioscience, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fully automatic rapid microscope slide scanner312US 6,711,283 B1Aperio Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Microscopy arrangements and approaches303US 7,723,662 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · 2010
- System for cell-based screening298US 5,989,835 ACellomics, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for creating a virtual microscope slide260US 6,272,235 B1Bacus Research Laboratories, Inc. · 2001
- Method and apparatus for automated image analysis of biological specimens245US 6,215,892 B1ChromaVision Medical Systems, Inc. · 2001