H03K 17/9636
Using a pulsed light source
Official title: {using a pulsed light source}
H03K17/9636 (Using a pulsed light source) appears on 13 US grants and 14 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 13
- Published applications
- 14
- Assignees
- 13
- Inventors
- 22
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Application using a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD)87US 9,058,081 B2STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited · 2015
- Safety switching means for controlling a current consumer15US 4,859,869 ABraun GmbH · 1989
- Optical keypad for electronic device14US 7,924,175 B2Motorola Mobility LLC · 2011
- Control switch apparatus operable by an object placed adjacent thereto and spaced therefrom13US 5,977,878 A1999
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