OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. based in Tokyo, JP has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:

#1 | 2012-03-08 ✅ Patent 8,477,205 granted on 2013-07-02

US20120057058A1

Electricity

Electronic camera that synthesizes two images taken under different exposures

#2 | 2012-02-16 ✅ Patent 8,531,762 granted on 2013-09-10

US20120038980A1

Physics

Confocal microscope apparatus

#3 | 2011-03-15 ✅ Patent 7,907,168 granted on 2011-03-15

US10150945

Endoscope system

#4 | 2010-12-30 ✅ Patent 8,077,250 granted on 2011-12-13

US20100328515A1

Electricity

Electronic still camera with capability to perform optimal focus detection according to selected mode

#5 | 2010-08-12 ✅ Patent 8,290,263 granted on 2012-10-16

US20100201852A1

Electricity

Image processing apparatus

#6 | 2010-06-22 ✅ Patent 7,740,582 granted on 2010-06-22

US10442244

Ultrasonic operating apparatus

#7 | 2010-05-25 ✅ Patent 7,722,532 granted on 2010-05-25

US10673122

Electric bending endoscope

#8 | 2010-05-13 ✅ Patent 8,072,680 granted on 2011-12-06

US20100118396A1

Physics

Confocal microscope apparatus

#9 | 2010-05-06 ✅ Patent 8,049,790 granted on 2011-11-01

US20100110224A1

Electricity

Electronic camera for synthesizing two images having a white balance correction

#10 | 2009-08-11 ✅ Patent 7,574,042 granted on 2009-08-11

US10807479

Image processing apparatus

#11 | 2009-06-11

US20090147102A1

Electricity

Electronic Camera

#12 | 2009-06-09 ✅ Patent 7,545,437 granted on 2009-06-09

US10305910

Digital camera for an optical apparatus including a cooling mechanism for a solid-state imaging device

#13 | 2009-06-02 ✅ Patent 7,542,084 granted on 2009-06-02

US10464589

Imaging apparatus for reading images at a set resolution

#14 | 2009-04-02 ✅ Patent 8,106,953 granted on 2012-01-31

US20090086038A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus including a cooled imaging element which is shifted to perform high-definition imaging

#15 | 2009-03-12 ✅ Patent 7,876,955 granted on 2011-01-25

US20090067695A1

Physics

Image processing system which calculates and displays color grade data and display image data

#16 | 2009-03-10 ✅ Patent 7,502,067 granted on 2009-03-10

US10790189

Electronic camera that synthesizes two images taken under different exposures

#17 | 2009-02-26 ✅ Patent 7,686,524 granted on 2010-03-30

US20090051803A1

Electricity

Image pick-up device unit 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 structure that seals an interval between the dust-proofing member and an image pick-up device

#18 | 2009-02-03 ✅ Patent 7,486,329 granted on 2009-02-03

US10306479

Focusing state signal output apparatus for a microscope representing a relative distance between a subject and an image sensing apparatus

#19 | 2009-01-20 ✅ Patent 7,479,986 granted on 2009-01-20

US10669522

Imaging apparatus including a cooled imaging element which is shifted to perform high-definition imaging

#20 | 2009-01-15 ✅ Patent 7,672,017 granted on 2010-03-02

US20090016602A1

Electricity

Color reproducing device

#21 | 2009-01-06 ✅ Patent 7,474,276 granted on 2009-01-06

US9911673

Display system and microdisplay apparatus

#22 | 2008-11-11 ✅ Patent 7,450,324 granted on 2008-11-11

US10783476

Mirrors drive device

#23 | 2008-11-11 ✅ Patent 7,450,152 granted on 2008-11-11

US10235527

Digital camera, customer authentication communication terminal equipment, and encoding service system

#24 | 2008-08-19 ✅ Patent 7,415,301 granted on 2008-08-19

US9894723

Therapeutic system

#25 | 2008-07-24

US20080176307A1

Chemistry; metallurgy

METHOD OF ISOLATING CELL OR SAMPLE TO BE ANALYZED IN CELL

#26 | 2008-05-27 ✅ Patent 7,379,095 granted on 2008-05-27

US10803533

Camera system for communicating information related to user authorization and image data over a radio communication system

#27 | 2008-05-27 ✅ Patent 7,379,118 granted on 2008-05-27

US10290036

Electronic camera apparatus

#28 | 2008-05-06 ✅ Patent 7,369,266 granted on 2008-05-06

US10625793

Image-Recording Apparatus and method for dividing a complete image for recording onto a plurality of recording media

#29 | 2008-04-24 ✅ Patent 7,581,941 granted on 2009-09-01

US20080092706A1

Performing operations; transporting

Punch, and rotary compression molding machine using the same

#30 | 2008-03-20 ✅ Patent 7,733,377 granted on 2010-06-08

US20080068465A1

Electricity

Camera system for communicating information related to user authorization and image data over a radio communication system

#31 | 2008-03-06

US20080056699A1

Electricity

ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA WITH CAPABILITY TO PERFORM OPTIMAL FOCUS DETECTION ACCORDING TO SELECTED MODE

#32 | 2008-03-06 ✅ Patent 7,808,544 granted on 2010-10-05

US20080055461A1

Electricity

Electronic still camera with capability to perform optimal focus detection according to selected mode

#33 | 2008-03-04 ✅ Patent 7,339,623 granted on 2008-03-04

US10300728

Camera and image pickup device unit which reduce influence of dust image quality

#34 | 2008-02-12 ✅ Patent 7,329,257 granted on 2008-02-12

US10654178

Medical treatment instrument

#35 | 2008-01-29 ✅ Patent 7,324,149 granted on 2008-01-29

US10303691

Camera and image pick-up device unit having an optical member that is vibrated to remove dust

#36 | 2008-01-29 ✅ Patent 7,324,148 granted on 2008-01-29

US10300688

Camera and image pickup device unit used therefor having a sealing structure between a dust proofing member and an image pick up device

#37 | 2008-01-17 ✅ Patent 7,591,598 granted on 2009-09-22

US20080013945A1

Electricity

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

#38 | 2008-01-15 ✅ Patent 7,319,487 granted on 2008-01-15

US10407155

Focusing apparatus, camera and focus position detecting method

#39 | 2007-12-27 ✅ Patent 7,589,780 granted on 2009-09-15

US20070296819A1

Electricity

Camera and image pick-up device unit used therefor having a sealing structure between a dust-proofing member and an image pick-up device

#40 | 2007-12-11 ✅ Patent 7,306,613 granted on 2007-12-11

US10114127

Endoscopic instruments

#41 | 2007-11-27 ✅ Patent 7,301,563 granted on 2007-11-27

US9358657

Image pickup apparatus

#42 | 2007-11-06 ✅ Patent 7,292,275 granted on 2007-11-06

US10102097

Exposure control device for microscope imaging

#43 | 2007-10-30 ✅ Patent 7,289,660 granted on 2007-10-30

US10215099

Image data file management system and method

#44 | 2007-10-23 ✅ Patent 7,286,273 granted on 2007-10-23

US10471041

Light deflecting device

#45 | 2007-10-16 ✅ Patent 7,281,474 granted on 2007-10-16

US9998221

Printing method for printing optically readable code on printing medium, using printing plate and printed matter bearing printed and optically readable code

#46 | 2007-10-09 ✅ Patent 7,280,145 granted on 2007-10-09

US10303688

Camera and image pick-up device unit having an optical member that is vibrated to remove dust

#47 | 2007-10-04

US20070229698A1

Electricity

Image pickup apparatus

#48 | 2007-09-06 ✅ Patent 7,738,699 granted on 2010-06-15

US20070206246A1

Electricity

Image processing apparatus

#49 | 2007-09-04 ✅ Patent 7,264,966 granted on 2007-09-04

US10348198

Method of isolating cell or sample to be analyzed in cell

#50 | 2007-08-28 ✅ Patent 7,262,874 granted on 2007-08-28

US9874593

Printing apparatus and electronic camera

#51 | 2007-07-05

US20070156351A1

Performing operations; transporting

Novel computation with nucleic acid molecules, computer and software for computing

#52 | 2007-06-28 ✅ Patent 7,755,664 granted on 2010-07-13

US20070146538A1

Electricity

Image pickup apparatus

#53 | 2007-06-21 ✅ Patent 7,675,676 granted on 2010-03-09

US20070139753A1

Physics

Confocal microscope apparatus

#54 | 2007-05-29 ✅ Patent 7,223,986 granted on 2007-05-29

US10650062

Laser scanning microscope

#55 | 2007-05-29 ✅ Patent 7,224,395 granted on 2007-05-29

US10084585

Camera having a shutter to cut reverse-incident light from the eyepiece lens

#56 | 2007-05-17 ✅ Patent 7,918,790 granted on 2011-04-05

US20070112255A1

Human necessities

Electric bending endoscope

#57 | 2007-05-17 ✅ Patent 7,474,343 granted on 2009-01-06

US20070109424A1

Electricity

Image processing apparatus having a digital image processing section including enhancement of edges in an image

#58 | 2007-05-17 ✅ Patent 7,474,342 granted on 2009-01-06

US20070109423A1

Electricity

Image processing apparatus having a digital image processing section including enhancement of edges in an image

#59 | 2007-05-08 ✅ Patent 7,214,183 granted on 2007-05-08

US10658381

Endoscope apparatus having an insertion channel

#60 | 2007-05-03 ✅ Patent 7,415,167 granted on 2008-08-19

US20070098300A1

Electricity

Image processing apparatus

#61 | 2007-04-24 ✅ Patent 7,207,643 granted on 2007-04-24

US10634381

Image forming apparatus

#62 | 2007-04-05

US20070076117A1

Electricity

Electronic camera apparatus

#63 | 2007-04-03 ✅ Patent 7,199,823 granted on 2007-04-03

US10170529

Method and apparatus for improving live view performance of an image pickup apparatus for a microscope

#64 | 2007-03-27 ✅ Patent 7,196,843 granted on 2007-03-27

US10393721

Confocal microscope apparatus

#65 | 2007-03-06 ✅ Patent 7,186,039 granted on 2007-03-06

US10444982

Imaging optical system

#66 | 2007-03-06 ✅ Patent 7,187,493 granted on 2007-03-06

US10006373

Laser microscope

#67 | 2007-01-16 ✅ Patent 7,164,940 granted on 2007-01-16

US9894697

Therapeutic system

#68 | 2007-01-16 ✅ Patent 7,164,497 granted on 2007-01-16

US9881784

Color image processing apparatus

#69 | 2007-01-02 ✅ Patent 7,158,294 granted on 2007-01-02

US10310657

Laser scanning confocal microscope apparatus, image recording method, and recording medium

#70 | 2007-01-02 ✅ Patent 7,156,857 granted on 2007-01-02

US10114128

Endoscopic instruments

#71 | 2006-12-19 ✅ Patent 7,151,596 granted on 2006-12-19

US10609635

Deflection angle detecting device

#72 | 2006-12-19 ✅ Patent 7,151,563 granted on 2006-12-19

US10157698

Digital camera and white balance adjusting method

#73 | 2006-12-12 ✅ Patent 7,148,922 granted on 2006-12-12

US10210234

Electronic camera which detects flash influence on an image and controls white balance in accordance with the flash influence

#74 | 2006-12-12 ✅ Patent 7,148,918 granted on 2006-12-12

US9594875

Electronic camera system capable of remote data storing

#75 | 2006-12-05 ✅ Patent 7,144,401 granted on 2006-12-05

US10162640

Suturing device for endoscope

#76 | 2006-11-28 ✅ Patent 7,142,725 granted on 2006-11-28

US10677072

Image processing apparatus

#77 | 2006-11-21 ✅ Patent 7,139,105 granted on 2006-11-21

US10007281

Image reading apparatus for optically reading an image

#78 | 2006-11-09 ✅ Patent 7,646,414 granted on 2010-01-12

US20060250515A1

Electricity

Image pickup apparatus for generating wide dynamic range synthesized image

#79 | 2006-11-07 ✅ Patent 7,133,078 granted on 2006-11-07

US10286271

Automatic focal point sensing device

#80 | 2006-11-02 ✅ Patent 7,248,419 granted on 2007-07-24

US20060245080A1

Physics

Electronic imaging device

#81 | 2006-10-31 ✅ Patent 7,128,709 granted on 2006-10-31

US10658548

Endoscope apparatus

#82 | 2006-10-24 ✅ Patent 7,126,637 granted on 2006-10-24

US10051158

Solid-state image pickup apparatus having a hermetic seal portion and fabricating method thereof

#83 | 2006-10-17 ✅ Patent 7,123,299 granted on 2006-10-17

US9551143

Color image pickup device and color image pickup apparatus including a randomized color coding array

#84 | 2006-10-03 ✅ Patent 7,115,365 granted on 2006-10-03

US9325189

Method of analyzing a target nucleic acid

#85 | 2006-09-19 ✅ Patent 7,108,656 granted on 2006-09-19

US10633675

Endoscope apparatus

#86 | 2006-09-14 ✅ Patent 7,245,426 granted on 2007-07-17

US20060203331A1

Physics

Total internal reflection illumination apparatus and microscope using this total internal reflection illumination apparatus

#87 | 2006-09-12 ✅ Patent 7,106,428 granted on 2006-09-12

US10629646

Focal length measuring device

#88 | 2006-09-12 ✅ Patent 7,104,953 granted on 2006-09-12

US10308523

Endoscope system

#89 | 2006-09-12 ✅ Patent 7,106,357 granted on 2006-09-12

US10225264

Portable information terminal device having camera feature

#90 | 2006-08-29 ✅ Patent 7,098,946 granted on 2006-08-29

US9395935

Image pickup apparatus

#91 | 2006-08-15 ✅ Patent 7,092,563 granted on 2006-08-15

US10179494

Three-dimensional information acquisition apparatus and three-dimensional information acquisition method

#92 | 2006-08-10 ✅ Patent 7,762,948 granted on 2010-07-27

US20060178563A1

Human necessities

Endoscope system

#93 | 2006-08-08 ✅ Patent 7,088,389 granted on 2006-08-08

US9951872

System for displaying information in specific region

#94 | 2006-08-08 ✅ Patent 7,088,390 granted on 2006-08-08

US9883833

Imaging apparatus in which exposure control is performed to suppress changes in sensitivity due to changes in gradation mode

#95 | 2006-08-08 ✅ Patent 7,088,433 granted on 2006-08-08

US9375676

Self reference type distance measuring method and distance measuring apparatus using an optical pulse

#96 | 2006-07-20 ✅ Patent 7,215,469 granted on 2007-05-08

US20060158721A1

Physics

Confocal microscope

#97 | 2006-07-18 ✅ Patent 7,078,663 granted on 2006-07-18

US10183718

Scanning laser microscope and external signal recording method

#98 | 2006-07-18 ✅ Patent 7,079,185 granted on 2006-07-18

US10086196

Camera with optical axis bending optical system

#99 | 2006-07-11 ✅ Patent 7,076,286 granted on 2006-07-11

US10172868

Surgical microscope

#100 | 2006-07-06 ✅ Patent 7,253,839 granted on 2007-08-07

US20060146176A1

Electricity

Electronic camera

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