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• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
APPLE INC	CALIFORNIA USA CALIFORNIA

International Classification(s)

• 1404:SCREEN DISPLAYS AND ICONS

• 2016 Application Filing Year
• 1404 Class
• 2030 Applications Filed
• 2030 Patents Issued To-Date
• 100 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Anzures, Freddy	San Francisco, US	179	12641
# of filed Patents : 179 Total Citations : 12641
Chaudhri, Imran	San Francisco, US	978	88203
# of filed Patents : 978 Total Citations : 88203
Chen, Kevin Will	Sunnyvale, US	262	9082
# of filed Patents : 262 Total Citations : 9082
Dye, Alan C	San Francisco, US	844	31575
# of filed Patents : 844 Total Citations : 31575
Ive, Jonathan P	San Francisco, US	2794	136935
# of filed Patents : 2794 Total Citations : 136935
Wilson, Christopher	San Francisco, US	672	26495
# of filed Patents : 672 Total Citations : 26495

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• 82 Citation Count
• 1404 Class

• 33.33 % this patent is cited more than
• 7 Age

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Full Text

US Patent No: 7339660

Illumination device for product examination

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Abstract

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An illumination device for use with a product inspection machine inspecting products according to at least one characteristic. The invention also pertains to an illumination device for use in sorting machines that optically sort or separate nonstandard fungible objects from standard objects as they pass a viewing station by viewing such objects illuminated by at least one wavelength. The invention includes a plurality of arrays of semiconductor light sources impinging on passing product and at least one array of semiconductor light sources of wavelength and intensity equal to the plurality of arrays impinging on a background surface for detection and comparison.

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