Whilst the Foveon has been virtually death, Fuji and Toshiba has recently filed new patents for their newly designed layered sensors, here and here (Google translated), via Photo Rumors. (Fuji's design) (Toshiba's design)Let's see if there will be any real (IQ) performance breakthrough to come then, provided that these patents are materialised.Speaking of patents and what's Pentax related, Hoya
