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Richard C. Allen — 57 Patents

3M: 47 patents #166 of 11,543Top 2%
PLPhotonics & Co., Limited: 8 patents #1 of 18Top 6%
BUBrown University: 1 patents #184 of 478Top 40%
RARolic Ag: 1 patents #55 of 102Top 55%
IBM: 1 patents #44,794 of 70,183Top 65%
Los Gatos, CA: #105 of 2,986 inventorsTop 4%
California: #6,332 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #43,237 of 4,157,543Top 2%
57 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 57 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6590705 Optical film with co-continuous phases Arthur L. Kotz, Lockwood W. Carlson, Timothy J. Nevitt, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Carl A. Stover +2 more 2003-07-08
6542717 System and method for optimizing personal area network (PAN) electrostatic communication Thomas G. Zimmerman, David Lu, Florian Vogt 2003-04-01
6329046 Optical film and process for manufacture thereof William W. Merrill, Ronald J. Tabar, Peter D. Condo, Timothy J. Nevitt 2001-12-11
6297906 Light fixture containing optical film Timothy J. Nevitt, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Arthur L. Kotz, Lockwood W. Carlson, Michael F. Weber +2 more 2001-10-02
6256146 Post-forming continuous/disperse phase optical bodies William W. Merrill, Peter D. Condo, Olester Benson, Jr. 2001-07-03
6239907 Rear projection screen using birefringent optical film for asymmetric light scattering Jeffrey C. Chang, William W. Merrill, Robert S. Moshrefzadeh, Michael F. Weber 2001-05-29
6185039 Infrared selective reflective polarizing element Gregg A. Hietpas, Jon E. Stickrod, John A. Wheatley 2001-02-06
6179948 Optical film and process for manufacture thereof William W. Merrill, Ronald J. Tabar, Peter D. Condo, Timothy J. Nevitt 2001-01-30
6141149 Multilayer film having a continuous and disperse phase Lockwood W. Carlson, Arthur L. Kotz, Timothy J. Nevitt, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Carl A. Stover +2 more 2000-10-31
6111696 Brightness enhancement film Lockwood W. Carlson, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Michael F. Weber, Arthur L. Kotz, Timothy J. Nevitt +2 more 2000-08-29
6057961 Optical film with increased gain at non-normal angles of incidence Lockwood W. Carlson, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Michael F. Weber, Arthur L. Kotz, Timothy J. Nevitt +2 more 2000-05-02
6031665 Method of forming a multilayer film having a continuous and disperse phase Lockwood W. Carlson, Arthur L. Kotz, Timothy J. Nevitt, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Carl A. Stover +2 more 2000-02-29
6005713 Multilayer polarizer having a continuous and disperse phase Lockwood W. Carlson, Arthur L. Kotz, Timothy J. Nevitt, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Carl A. Stover +2 more 1999-12-21
5999316 Light valve with rotating polarizing element Gregg A. Hietpas, Jon E. Stickrod, John A. Wheatley 1999-12-07
5991077 Multilayer polarizer having a continuous and disperse phase Lockwood W. Carlson, Arthur L. Kotz, Timothy J. Nevitt, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Carl A. Stover +2 more 1999-11-23
5867316 Multilayer film having a continuous and disperse phase Lockwood W. Carlson, Arthur L. Kotz, Timothy J. Nevitt, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Carl A. Stover +2 more 1999-02-02
5825543 Diffusely reflecting polarizing element including a first birefringent phase and a second phase Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Lockwood W. Carlson, Arthur L. Kotz, Timothy J. Nevitt, Carl A. Stover +2 more 1998-10-20
5783120 Method for making an optical film Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Lockwood W. Carlson, Arthur L. Kotz, Timothy J. Nevitt, Carl A. Stover +2 more 1998-07-21
5610455 Electret containing syndiotactic vinyl aromatic polymer Anthony Flannery, Charles R. Kleissler, David B. Redmond 1997-03-11
5604019 Tear resistant multilayer films and articles incorporating such films Ralph H. Bland, James M. Jonza, James D. Smith, Jeffrey F. Bradley, Kenneth B. Smith +1 more 1997-02-18
5563728 Infrared communication repeater architecture Gary M. Cisneros, Stanley L. Fickes, Gary N. Hughes, Walter S. Johnson, James L. Konsevich +2 more 1996-10-08
5427842 Tear resistant multilayer films and articles incorporating such films Ralph H. Bland, James M. Jonza, James D. Smith, Jeffrey F. Bradley, Kenneth B. Smith +1 more 1995-06-27
5384652 Infrared communication repeater architecture Gary M. Cisneros, Stanley L. Fickes, Gary N. Hughes, Walter S. Johnson, James L. Konsevich +2 more 1995-01-24
5245460 Infrared network entry permission method and apparatus Robert J. Grady, Louis R. Janis, John Piccone, Bernard E. Stewart 1993-09-14
D336089 Infrared data tranceiver Charles L. Crawshaw, John Piccone, James E. Sacherman, John W. Toor 1993-06-01