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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Mark Robertson — 27 Patents

Sony: 20 patents #2,052 of 25,231Top 9%
LSL-3 Communications Integrated Systems: 3 patents #16 of 110Top 15%
SISkybox Imaging: 3 patents #5 of 11Top 50%
Google: 2 patents #10,599 of 22,993Top 50%
ELEev Limited: 1 patents #18 of 62Top 30%
UTUrban Sky Theory: 1 patents #6 of 7Top 90%
Cupertino, CA: #595 of 6,989 inventorsTop 9%
California: #19,967 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Mark Robertson has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in October 2024. Mark Robertson ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Mark Robertson in Cupertino, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2014.peak 61993: 1 patents19932008: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 1 patents2012: 4 patents20122013: 4 patents2014: 6 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12125253 Composite image creation for aerial image capture system Jared Leidich, Maxmillion J. W. McLaughlin 2024-10-22
9686478 Generating high-dynamic range images using multiple filters Ken Kryda 2017-06-20 $18,308,000
9674460 Generating high-dynamic range images using varying exposures Ken Kryda 2017-06-06 $14,154,000
9374507 Method to improve accuracy and reliability of motion estimated with phase correlation Ming-Chang Liu, Yoshihiro Murakami, Toru Kurata, Yutaka Yoneda 2016-06-21 $568,000
9151944 Method and apparatus for navigating stacked microscopy images Ming-Chang Liu 2015-10-06 $443,000
9105128 Adaptive image acquisition and processing with image analysis feedback M. Dirk Robinson, Hadar Isaac, Oliver Guinan, Thomas Joseph Melendez, Daniel Berkenstock +1 more 2015-08-11
8994809 Method and apparatus for simulating depth of field (DOF) in microscopy Ming-Chang Liu 2015-03-31 $489,000
8988520 Method and apparatus for improving depth of field (DOF) in microscopy Ming-Chang Liu 2015-03-24 $380,000
8896759 Method to increase the accuracy of phase correlation motion estimation in low-bit-precision circumstances Ming-Chang Liu, Yoshihiro Murakami, Toru Kurata, Yutaka Yoneda 2014-11-25 $166,000
8873842 Using human intelligence tasks for precise image analysis M. Dirk Robinson, Hadar Isaac, Oliver Guinan, Thomas Joseph Melendez, Daniel Berkenstock +1 more 2014-10-28
8842735 Method to improve detection of motion with phase correlation Ming-Chang Liu, Yoshihiro Murakami, Toru Kurata, Yutaka Yoneda 2014-09-23 $196,000
8818117 Method and apparatus for compressing Z-stack microscopy images Ming-Chang Liu 2014-08-26 $146,000
8792559 Method to improve accuracy and reliability of motion estimated with phase correlation Ming-Chang Liu, Yoshihiro Murakami, Toru Kurata, Yutaka Yoneda 2014-07-29 $187,000
8744165 Method and apparatus for stain separation in digital pathology images Ming-Chang Liu 2014-06-03 $102,000
8488007 Method to estimate segmented motion Ming-Chang Liu 2013-07-16 $188,000
8433132 Method for efficient representation and processing of color pixel data in digital pathology images Ming-Chang Liu, Ximin Zhang 2013-04-30 $146,000
8379913 Adaptive image acquisition and processing with image analysis feedback M. Dirk Robinson, Hadar Isaac, Oliver Guinan, Thomas Joseph Melendez, Daniel Berkenstock +1 more 2013-02-19
8345158 Merging video with time-decimated high-resolution imagery to form high-resolution video frames Ming-Chang Liu 2013-01-01
8285079 Method for highly accurate estimation of motion using phase correlation Ming-Chang Liu 2012-10-09 $104,000
8233709 Color effects for compressed digital video Ming-Chang Liu 2012-07-31 $104,000
8228400 Generation of simulated long exposure images in response to multiple short exposures Ming-Chang Liu 2012-07-24 $76,000
8098732 System for and method of transcoding video sequences from a first format to a second format 2012-01-17 $142,000
7664512 Datalink throughput reduction via energy detection Hyo K. Chung, Phuong H. Le, John M. Parker, David L. Reid 2010-02-16 $24,198,000
7626546 Methods and systems for detection and location of multiple emitters Hyo K. Chung, Phuong H. Le, John M. Parker, David L. Reid 2009-12-01 $49,404,000
7568209 Method and system for the management of targeted material insertion using a campaign manager Timothy Addington 2009-07-28