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Sun Lu — 10 Patents

3M: 3 patents #4,239 of 11,543Top 40%
SGSilicon Graphics: 3 patents #151 of 758Top 20%
TMThe Mead: 3 patents #186 of 779Top 25%
UNUnknown: 2 patents #12,644 of 83,584Top 20%
San Jose, CA: #6,421 of 32,062 inventorsTop 25%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Sun Lu has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in November 2014. Sun Lu ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Sun Lu in San Jose, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8878442 Chandelier lamp system Wen-Chau Wayne Hou 2014-11-04
6657607 Liquid crystal flat panel display with enhanced backlight brightness and specially selected light sources Daniel E. Evanicky 2003-12-02 $2,572,000
6448955 Liquid crystal flat panel display with enhanced backlight brightness and specially selected light sources Daniel E. Evanicky 2002-09-10 $7,659,000
6243068 Liquid crystal flat panel display with enhanced backlight brightness and specially selected light sources Daniel E. Evanicky 2001-06-05 $7,291,000
4965672 Method and apparatus for halftone imaging Ronald J. Duke, James R. McLaughlin, Eric Walowit 1990-10-23 $3,647,000
4814799 Method and apparatus for creating a photomask for projecting an image 1989-03-21 $16,734,000
4787713 Transparent laser-addressed liquid crystal light modulator cell Aharon Hochbaum 1988-11-29 $5,103,000
4461715 Thermally addressed cholesteric-smectic liquid crystal device and composition David B. Chung 1984-07-24 $9,038,000
4456336 High brightness internal reflector for liquid crystal displays and its method of fabrication Chi H. Chung, David B. Chung 1984-06-26 $6,361,000
4391492 Thermally addressed cholesteric-smectic liquid crystal device David B. Chung 1983-07-05 $9,072,000