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Michael F. Weber — 177 Patents

3M: 172 patents #3 of 11,543Top 1%
SISensys Instruments: 2 patents #6 of 13Top 50%
UEUS Dept of Energy: 1 patents #1,355 of 5,099Top 30%
Shoreview, MN: #3 of 657 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #37 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #4,395 of 4,157,543Top 1%
177 Patents All Time

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Showing 51–75 of 177 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8384851 Reflective display system with enhanced color gamut Manoj Nirmal, Gregory G. Jager 2013-02-26
8228463 Passive daylight-coupled backlight with turning film having prisms with chaos for sunlight viewable displays Rolf W. Biernath, Jennifer R. Yi, Gilles J. Benoit, Yufeng Liu 2012-07-24
8120730 Hybrid polarizer Timothy J. Nevitt, Roger J. Strharsky 2012-02-21
8023065 Optical element for lateral light spreading in edge-lit displays and system using same Kenneth A. Epstein 2011-09-20
8007118 Direct-lit backlight with angle-dependent birefringent diffuser Mark B. O'Neill, Carl A. Stover 2011-08-30
7903194 Optical element for lateral light spreading in back-lit displays and system using same Kenneth A. Epstein, Timothy J. Hebrink, Andrew J. Ouderkirk 2011-03-08
7851054 Multilayer optical films having one or more reflection bands Timothy J. Nevitt, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, John A. Wheatley, James M. Jonza, Yao Qi Liu +2 more 2010-12-14
7852560 Display incorporating reflective polarizer Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Olester Benson, Jr., Carl A. Stover, David I. Wortman, Sanford Cobb, Jr. 2010-12-14
7833593 High efficiency optical devices Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Sanford Cobb, Jr., David L. Wortman 2010-11-16
7826009 Hybrid polarizer Timothy J. Nevitt, Roger J. Strharsky 2010-11-02
7791687 Display including reflective polarizer Timothy J. Nevitt, Roger J. Strharsky 2010-09-07
7652736 Infrared light reflecting film Raghunath Padiyath, Marc D. Radcliffe, Cristina U. Thomas, Charles A. Marttila, Manish Jain +1 more 2010-01-26
7636193 Visible light-transmissive IR filter with distorted portions Michelle M. Bellanca, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Hung T. Tran 2009-12-22
7632568 Solar control multilayer film Raghunath Padiyath, Charles A. Marttila, Cristina U. Thomas 2009-12-15
7497608 Phosphor based illumination system having a long pass reflector and method of making same John A. Wheatley, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Kenneth A. Epstein, James E. Watson 2009-03-03
7423708 Display having a reflective polarizer Olester Benson, Jr., Sanford Cobb, Jr., James M. Jonza, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, David L. Wortman +1 more 2008-09-09
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, John A. Wheatley, Kenneth A. Epstein +1 more 2008-08-05
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, John A. Wheatley, Kenneth A. Epstein +1 more 2008-05-27
7357555 Phosphor based illumination system having an interference reflector and a display Andrew J. Ouderkirk, John A. Wheatley, Kenneth A. Epstein, James E. Watson 2008-04-15
7357554 Phosphor based illumination system having a light guide, an interference reflector and a display John A. Wheatley, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Kenneth A. Epstein, James E. Watson 2008-04-15
7350953 Phosphor based illumination system having a short pass reflector and method of making same John A. Wheatley, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Kenneth A. Epstein, James E. Watson 2008-04-01
7322731 Color mixing illumination light unit and system using same Kenneth A. Epstein 2008-01-29
7321464 Electroluminescent light source and display incorporating same Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Olester Benson, Jr. 2008-01-22
7312560 Phosphor based light sources having a non-planar long pass reflector and method of making Andrew J. Ouderkirk, John A. Wheatley 2007-12-25
7297393 Optical film James M. Jonza, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Carl A. Stover 2007-11-20