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2023
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Lightmatter
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Michael Gould
MG
Michael Gould
— 7 Patents in 2023
LI
Lightmatter
:
7
patents
#3
of
17
Top 20%
La Honda, CA
:
#2
of
8
inventors
Top 25%
California
:
#2,438
of
67,585
inventors
Top 4%
Overall
(2023):
#15,670
of
537,848
Top 3%
7
Patents 2023
Issued Patents
2023
Showing
1–7
of
7
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
11768662
Linear photonic processors and related methods
Nicholas C. Harris
,
Darius Bunandar
,
Carl Ramey
,
Shashank Gupta
,
Carlos Dorta-Quinones
2023-09-26
11754783
Photonic communication platform
Nicholas C. Harris
,
Carl Ramey
,
Thomas Graham
,
Darius Bunandar
,
Ryan Braid
+1 more
2023-09-12
11709520
Path-number-balanced universal photonic network
Darius Bunandar
,
Martin B. Z. Forsythe
,
Tomo Lazovich
2023-07-25
11700078
Systems and methods for utilizing photonic degrees of freedom in a photonic processor
Darius Bunandar
,
Nicholas C. Harris
,
Carl Ramey
2023-07-11
11695378
Optical differential low-noise receivers and related methods
Nicholas C. Harris
,
Omer O. Yildirim
2023-07-04
11671182
Systems and methods for analog computing using a linear photonic processor
Darius Bunandar
,
Nicholas C. Harris
,
Carl Ramey
,
Tomo Lazovich
2023-06-06
11609742
Linear photonic processors and related methods
Nicholas C. Harris
,
Darius Bunandar
,
Carl Ramey
,
Shashank Gupta
,
Carlos Dorta-Quinones
2023-03-21
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