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Ian E. McDowall — 7 Patents in 2017

ISIntuitive Surgical: 4 patents #24 of 193Top 15%
FLFakespace Labs: 2 patents #1 of 2Top 50%
San Francisco, CA: #181 of 5,107 inventorsTop 4%
California: #2,124 of 60,394 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (2017): #15,672 of 506,227Top 4%
7 Patents 2017

Issued Patents 2017

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9782056 Image capture unit and method with an extended depth of field 2017-10-10
9729799 Imaging mode blooming suppression Patrick O'Grady, Brian D. Hoffman 2017-08-08
9675236 Image capture unit in a surgical instrument 2017-06-13
9649172 Optic fiber connection for a force sensing instrument Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Gregory W. Dachs, II, Christopher J. Hasser 2017-05-16
9645395 Dynamic field of view throttling as a means of improving user experience in head mounted virtual environments Mark Bolas, J. Adam Jones, Evan Suma 2017-05-09
9594263 Electrically controlled optical elements and method Mark Bolas 2017-03-14
9581821 Head mounted augmented reality display Mark Bolas 2017-02-28