JW

John A. Wheatley

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193
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 101–125 of 193 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8942522 Optical stack and lightguides William F. Edmonds, Tao Liu, John F. Van Deriofske, III 2015-01-27
8926159 Thin hollow backlights with beneficial design characteristics Timothy J. Nevitt, Timothy J. Hebrink, Michael F. Weber, Rolf W. Biernath, David G. Freier +3 more 2015-01-06
8922733 Light source and display system incorporating same Tao Liu, Encai Hao, William Blake Kolb, Michael Benton Free 2014-12-30
8891038 Lightguide with optical film containing voids and blacklight for display system William D. Coggio, Tao Liu, Brian W. Ostlie, Encai Hao, William Blake Kolb +4 more 2014-11-18
8807774 Semispecular hollow backlight with gradient extraction Tao Liu 2014-08-19
8757858 Hollow backlight with tilted light source David J. W. Aastuen, Kenneth A. Epstein, Byung-Soo Ko 2014-06-24
8740442 Backlight and display system using same Michael F. Weber, Timothy J. Hebrink, Timothy J. Nevitt, Craig R. Schardt, Rolf W. Biernath +7 more 2014-06-03
8662687 Brewster angle film for light management in luminaires and other lighting systems Michael F. Weber, Timothy J. Nevitt 2014-03-04
8608363 Recycling backlights with semi-specular components Michael F. Weber, Timothy J. Nevitt, Rolf W. Biernath, David G. Freier, Gilles J. Benoit +3 more 2013-12-17
8608362 Collimating light engine Rolf W. Biernath, Michael A. Meis 2013-12-17
8596809 Suspended optical film Raymond P. Johnston, David G. Freier, Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek, Martin Kristoffersen 2013-12-03
8591052 Semispecular hollow backlight with gradient extraction Tao Liu 2013-11-26
8523419 Thin hollow backlights with beneficial design characteristics Timothy J. Nevitt, Timothy J. Hebrink, Michael F. Weber, Rolf W. Biernath, David G. Freier +3 more 2013-09-03
8469575 Backlight and display system using same Michael F. Weber, Timothy J. Hebrink, Timothy J. Nevitt, Craig R. Schardt, Rolf W. Biernath +7 more 2013-06-25
7851054 Multilayer optical films having one or more reflection bands Michael F. Weber, Timothy J. Nevitt, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, James M. Jonza, Yao Qi Liu +2 more 2010-12-14
7815355 Direct-lit backlight having light recycling cavity with concave transflector David Scott Thompson, Craig R. Schardt, Brian W. Ostlie, Scott J. Kienitz 2010-10-19
7806560 LED illumination assembly with compliant foil construction John C. Schultz, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Joel S. Peiffer, Nelson B. O'Bryan, Cameron T. Murray 2010-10-05
7740470 Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character William W. Merrill, Jeffery N. Jackson, Andrew T. Ruff, Dennis L. Krueger 2010-06-22
7572031 LED illumination assembly with compliant foil construction John C. Schultz, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Joel S. Peiffer, Nelson B. O'Bryan, Cameron T. Murray 2009-08-11
7537374 Edge-lit backlight having light recycling cavity with concave transflector Craig R. Schardt, D. Scott Thompson, Dong Lu 2009-05-26
7497608 Phosphor based illumination system having a long pass reflector and method of making same Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Michael F. Weber, Kenneth A. Epstein, James E. Watson 2009-03-03
7407313 Phosphor based illumination system having a plurality of light guides and a display using same Craig R. Schardt, John C. Schultz, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Michael F. Weber, Kenneth A. Epstein +1 more 2008-08-05
7396493 Multilayer optical film with melt zone to control delamination Bruce E. Tait, Steven J. Dobrzynski, David K. Mortenson 2008-07-08
7394188 Phosphor based light source component Andrew J. Ouderkirk 2008-07-01
7377679 Phosphor based illumination system having a plurality of light guides and a display using same John C. Schultz, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Craig R. Schardt, Michael F. Weber, Kenneth A. Epstein +1 more 2008-05-27