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John E. McWhirter — 26 Patents

ALAlcon: 8 patents #99 of 866Top 15%
LTLuminar Technologies: 6 patents #15 of 72Top 25%
LELensar: 5 patents #12 of 35Top 35%
ATAutonomous Technologies: 4 patents #6 of 11Top 55%
LULuminar: 2 patents #13 of 38Top 35%
ARAlcon Refractiveshorizons: 1 patents #10 of 17Top 60%
Aloma, FL: #10 of 61 inventorsTop 20%
Florida: #1,621 of 67,251 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
John E. McWhirter has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Alcon. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in September 2025. John E. McWhirter ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list John E. McWhirter in Aloma, FL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12409068 Patient interface devices and methods and systems for combined sonic and laser applications E. Valaski Teuma, George C. Curatu, Gary P. Gray, Arthur R. Newton, Jr., Scott Anderson +3 more 2025-09-09
11933895 Lidar system with polygon mirror Jason M. Eichenholz, Scott R. Campbell, Matthew D. Weed, Lane A. Martin 2024-03-19 $10,690,000
11846707 Ultrasonic vibrations on a window in a lidar system 2023-12-19 $19,711,000
11583446 Patient interface device for ophthalmic laser procedures E. Valaski Teuma, Richard Ty Olmstead 2023-02-21 $441,000
11567200 Lidar system with polygon mirror Jason M. Eichenholz, Scott R. Campbell, Matthew D. Weed, Lane A. Martin 2023-01-31
11314051 System and method for laser generated corneal and crystalline lens incisions using a variable F/# optical system with aspheric contact interface to the cornea or rotating and adaptive optics George C. Curatu, Rudolph W. Frey, Steven E. Bott 2022-04-26 $861,000
11002853 Ultrasonic vibrations on a window in a lidar system 2021-05-11
10684449 System and method for laser generated corneal and crystalline lens incisions using a variable F/# optical system with aspheric contact interface to the cornea or rotating and adaptive optics George C. Curatu, Rudolph W. Frey, Steven E. Bott 2020-06-16
10663585 Manufacturing a balanced polygon mirror 2020-05-26 $1,124,000
10338199 Transceiver apparatus, method and applications Allen Gabriele 2019-07-02 $1,323,000
10324185 Reducing audio noise in a lidar scanner with a polygon mirror Scott R. Campbell 2019-06-18 $2,611,000
10254762 Compensating for the vibration of the vehicle Jason M. Eichenholz, Austin K. Russell 2019-04-09
9968485 Patient interface device for ophthalmic laser procedures E. Valaski Teuma, Richard Ty Olmstead 2018-05-15
6896384 Laser beam translation system and method David Eskew, David Thair 2005-05-24 $233,412,000
6626898 Flying spot laser ablation method Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2003-09-30 $18,325,000
6626893 Method of correcting vision Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2003-09-30 $18,325,000
6626894 Method of ablating a moving eye Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2003-09-30 $18,325,000
6626895 Laser beam delivery system Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2003-09-30 $18,325,000
6626896 Method of correcting vision Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2003-09-30 $18,325,000
6626897 Method of redirecting an ablating laser beam Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2003-09-30 $18,325,000
6585726 Method of maintaining spacing in an ablation pattern Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2003-07-01 $134,925,000
6451008 Laser beam delivery and eye tracking system Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2002-09-17 $41,160,000
6315773 Eye movement sensing system Rudolph W. Frey, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2001-11-13
6302879 Laser beam delivery and eye tracking system Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 2001-10-16
5980513 Laser beam delivery and eye tracking system Rudolph W. Frey, James H. Burkhalter, Gary P. Gray, Neil Zepkin, George R. Downes 1999-11-09