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Sten Heikman — 40 Patents

CRCree: 27 patents #51 of 639Top 8%
KLKyocera Sld Laser: 8 patents #10 of 37Top 30%
ILIdeal Industries Lighting: 2 patents #93 of 178Top 55%
SDSoraa Laser Diode: 1 patents #27 of 46Top 60%
University of California: 1 patents #8,022 of 18,278Top 45%
UEUS Dept of Energy: 1 patents #1,355 of 5,099Top 30%
Goleta, CA: #23 of 1,303 inventorsTop 2%
California: #11,486 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
Sten Heikman has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cree. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in July 2025. Sten Heikman ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list Sten Heikman in Goleta, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12374854 Laser-based integrated light source Terry Towe, Sudeep Khanal 2025-07-29
12283790 Laser-phosphor integrated light source 2025-04-22
12264796 Laser high beam and low beam headlamp apparatus Cole J. Cunnien, Eric Goutain, James W. Raring 2025-04-01
12218477 High-luminous flux laser-based white light source Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin +2 more 2025-02-04
12152742 Laser-based light guide-coupled wide-spectrum light system Eric Goutain, Terry Towe, Naji Barakat, Oscar Romero, Raymond Ong 2024-11-26
11973308 Integrated white light source using a laser diode and a phosphor in a surface mount device package James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin +2 more 2024-04-30
11906121 Laser high beam and low beam headlamp apparatus and method Cole J. Cunnien, Eric Goutain, James W. Raring 2024-02-20
11903113 Image analysis techniques Yuvaraj Dora, Ronald W. Bessems, John Roberts, Robert D. Underwood 2024-02-13
11437774 High-luminous flux laser-based white light source Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin +2 more 2022-09-06
11229107 Image analysis techniques Yuvaraj Dora, Ronald W. Bessems, John Roberts, Robert D. Underwood 2022-01-18
10879673 Integrated white light source using a laser diode and a phosphor in a surface mount device package James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin +2 more 2020-12-29
10658546 High efficiency LEDs and methods of manufacturing Matthew Donofrio, Pritish Kar, Harshad Golakia, Rajeev Prabhu ACHARYA, Yuvaraj Dora 2020-05-19 $68,382,000
10439107 Chip with integrated phosphor James Ibbetson, Zhimin Jamie Yao, Fan Zhang, Matthew Donofrio, Christopher P. Hussell +1 more 2019-10-08 $11,919,000
9865780 LED package with encapsulant having planar surfaces Theodore Lowes, Eric Tarsa, Bernd Keller, Jesse Colin Reiherzer, Hormoz Benjamin 2018-01-09 $9,658,000
9818919 LED package with multiple element light source and encapsulant having planar surfaces Theodore Lowes, Eric Tarsa, Bernd Keller, Jesse Colin Reiherzer, Hormoz Benjamin 2017-11-14 $28,814,000
9711633 Methods of forming group III-nitride semiconductor devices including implanting ions directly into source and drain regions and annealing to activate the implanted ions Scott Sheppard, R. Peter Smith, Yifeng Wu, Matthew Jacob-Mitos 2017-07-18 $3,818,000
9461201 Light emitting diode dielectric mirror James Ibbetson 2016-10-04 $3,359,000
9435492 LED luminaire with improved thermal management and novel LED interconnecting architecture 2016-09-06 $2,099,000
9362459 High reflectivity mirrors and method for making same Matthew Jacob-Mitos, Ting Li, James Ibbetson 2016-06-07 $4,089,000
9240473 High temperature performance capable gallium nitride transistor Yifeng Wu 2016-01-19 $3,655,000
9105824 High reflective board or substrate for LEDs Zhimin Jamie Yao, James Ibbetson, Fan Zhang 2015-08-11 $5,552,000
9093293 High voltage low current surface emitting light emitting diode James Ibbetson, Julio A. Garceran, George R. Brandes 2015-07-28 $8,292,000
9048396 LED package with encapsulant having planar surfaces Theodore Lowes, Eric Tarsa, Bernd Keller, Jesse Colin Reiherzer, Hormoz Benjamin 2015-06-02 $7,718,000
9041139 Low voltage diode with reduced parasitic resistance and method for fabricating Primit Parikh 2015-05-26 $3,140,000
D725613 LED package Theodore Lowes, Eric Tarsa, Bernd Keller, John Edmond, Jesse Colin Reiherzer +1 more 2015-03-31