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Gary David Trott — 68 Patents

CRCree: 29 patents #48 of 639Top 8%
CSCree Led Lighting Solutions: 16 patents #3 of 9Top 35%
AHAbl Ip Holding: 11 patents #70 of 567Top 15%
ILIdeal Industries Lighting: 6 patents #31 of 178Top 20%
ABAcuity Brands: 4 patents #25 of 148Top 20%
IIIdeal Industries: 1 patents #74 of 166Top 45%
Morrisville, NC: #10 of 952 inventorsTop 2%
North Carolina: #338 of 45,564 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #30,786 of 4,157,543Top 1%
68 Patents All Time
Gary David Trott has been granted 68 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cree. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in December 2025. Gary David Trott ranks #30,786 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.74%). Patent records list Gary David Trott in Morrisville, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2008.peak 102007: 4 patents20072008: 10 patents2009: 7 patents20092011: 3 patents2012: 7 patents20122013: 4 patents2014: 2 patents20142016: 4 patents2017: 5 patents20172018: 5 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 2 patents2021: 3 patents20212022: 3 patents2023: 6 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 68 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12490353 Systems and methods for providing dynamic lighting Ronald W. Bessems, Matthew Deese, Kory Liszt, John W. Frailey, Shaun A. O'Donnell +3 more 2025-12-02
D1009349 Lighting diffuser Dominic Matthew Large, David James Ferrier 2023-12-26
D999975 Lighting diffuser Dominic Matthew Large, Scott Doty 2023-09-26
D999973 Lighting diffuser Dominic Matthew Large, David James Ferrier 2023-09-26
D999438 Lighting diffuser Dominic Matthew Large, Scott Doty 2023-09-19
11713862 Lighting systems including diffusers formed with additive manufacturing David James Ferrier, Noel Anthony Collver, Dominic Matthew Large 2023-08-01 $10,715,000
D987884 Lighting diffuser Dominic Matthew Large 2023-05-30
D972200 Lighting diffuser Scott Doty 2022-12-06
11419201 Systems and methods for providing dynamic lighting Ronald W. Bessems, Matthew Deese, Kory Liszt, John W. Frailey, Shane Michael O'Donnell +2 more 2022-08-16
11306895 Troffer-style fixture Mark Edmond, Dong Lu, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Nick Nguyen, Gerald H. Negley 2022-04-19
D928390 Lighting diffuser Scott Doty 2021-08-17
D928389 Lighting diffuser Scott Doty 2021-08-17
10883702 Troffer-style fixture Mark Edmond, Dong Lu, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Nick Nguyen, Gerald H. Negley 2021-01-05
10865958 Multi-waveguide LED luminaire with outward emission Kurt S. Wilcox, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Brian Kinnune, Mario A. Castillo, Peter E. Lopez +3 more 2020-12-15
10584860 Linear light fixture with interchangeable light engine unit William L. Dungan, James Michael Lay, Nathan Snell 2020-03-10
10502899 Outdoor and/or enclosed structure LED luminaire Kurt S. Wilcox, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Brian Kinnune, Mario A. Castillo, Peter E. Lopez +3 more 2019-12-10
10379278 Outdoor and/or enclosed structure LED luminaire outdoor and/or enclosed structure LED luminaire having outward illumination Kurt S. Wilcox, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Brian Kinnune, Mario A. Castillo, Peter E. Lopez +3 more 2019-08-13
10047946 Light fixtures and lighting devices Paul Kenneth Pickard 2018-08-14 $18,060,000
10042106 Outdoor and/or enclosed structure LED luminaire Kurt S. Wilcox, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Brian Kinnune, Mario A. Castillo, Peter E. Lopez +3 more 2018-08-07 $10,986,000
10034352 Space scoring for a lighting network Robert Bowser, Matthew Deese, Derek Loyer 2018-07-24 $10,244,000
10012354 Adjustable retrofit LED troffer Randy Bernard, Nathan Snell, William L. Dungan 2018-07-03 $19,898,000
9913348 Light fixtures, systems for controlling light fixtures, and methods of controlling fixtures and methods of controlling lighting control systems Paul Kenneth Pickard, James Michael Lay 2018-03-06 $12,753,000
9605828 Light engine assemblies Paul Kenneth Pickard 2017-03-28 $1,748,000
9605818 Light fixtures, lighting devices, and components for the same Paul Kenneth Pickard, Edward R. Adams, Antony Paul Van De Ven 2017-03-28 $1,748,000
D781486 Luminaire S. Scott Pratt, William L. Dungan, Kurt S. Wilcox, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., Brian Kinnune +1 more 2017-03-14