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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Theodore Lowes — 51 Patents

CRCree: 33 patents #40 of 639Top 7%
ILIdeal Industries Lighting: 14 patents #7 of 178Top 4%
GHGore Enterprise Holdings: 2 patents #108 of 386Top 30%
CUCree Lighting Usa: 1 patents #13 of 45Top 30%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Lompoc, CA: #24 of 2,245 inventorsTop 2%
California: #7,783 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #51,932 of 4,157,543Top 2%
51 Patents All Time
Theodore Lowes has been granted 51 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cree. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in July 2025. Theodore Lowes ranks #51,932 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Theodore Lowes in Lompoc, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2015.peak 92000: 1 patents20002002: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 4 patents20142015: 9 patents2016: 6 patents20162017: 5 patents2018: 3 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 8 patents20202021: 4 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 51 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12353005 Waveguide-based light sources with dynamic beam shaping Eric Tarsa, Jean-Claude David Ramey DeSugny, David Stone, Benjamin A. Jacobson, Shawn Patrick Keeney +3 more 2025-07-08
11719882 Waveguide-based light sources with dynamic beam shaping Eric Tarsa, Jean-Claude David Ramey DeSugny, David Stone, Benjamin A. Jacobson, Shawn Patrick Keeney +3 more 2023-08-08
11313532 Optic assemblies and applications thereof Eric Tarsa, Kurt S. Wilcox, Jean-Claude de Sugny 2022-04-26
11290621 Sensor housings, modules, and luminaires incorporating the same comprising a heat sink with heat dissipation structures radially arranged over the outer wall of a sensor housing Mark Youmans, Hormoz Benjamin 2022-03-29
11209138 Skylight fixture emulating natural exterior light Bernd Keller, Michael Leung, Benjamin A. Jacobson, Eric Tarsa, James Ibbetson +1 more 2021-12-28
11156764 Bonded optical systems and applications thereof Claudio Girotto, Chandan Bhat, Mark Youmans 2021-10-26
11156760 Lighting system utilizing waveguides with extraction feature patterns Matthew Berry 2021-10-26
11060694 Optic assemblies and applications thereof Eric Tarsa, Kurt S. Wilcox, Jean-Claude de Sugny 2021-07-13
10859753 Luminaires utilizing waveguides with extraction feature patterns Matthew Berry 2020-12-08
10848650 Sensor housings, modules, and luminaires incorporating the same comprising a heat sink integrated with one or more walls defining a cavity accepting a sensor Mark Youmans, Hormoz Benjamin 2020-11-24
10842016 Compact optically efficient solid state light source with integrated thermal management Chandan Bhat, Julio A. Garceran, Bernd Keller 2020-11-17 $21,672,000
10781984 Skylight Fixture Bernd Keller, Michael Leung, Benjamin A. Jacobson, Eric Tarsa, James Ibbetson +1 more 2020-09-22
10690315 Luminaire utilizing gasket vent Chandan Bhat, Mark Youmans 2020-06-23
10622522 LED packages with chips having insulated surfaces Kurt W. Wilcox, Bernd Keller, Chandan Bhat 2020-04-14
10619823 Optic assemblies and applications thereof Eric Tarsa, Kurt S. Wilcox, Jean-Claude de Sugny 2020-04-14
10546846 Light transmission control for masking appearance of solid state light sources 2020-01-28 $22,205,000
10465869 Skylight fixture Bernd Keller, Michael Leung, Benjamin A. Jacobson, Eric Tarsa, James Ibbetson +1 more 2019-11-05
10451229 Skylight fixture Bernd Keller, Michael Leung, Benjamin A. Jacobson, Eric Tarsa, James Ibbetson +1 more 2019-10-22
10416377 Luminaire with controllable light emission Claudio Girotto, Eric Tarsa, Nathan Snell, James Ibbetson, Mark Youmans +4 more 2019-09-17 $50,811,000
10147853 Encapsulant with index matched thixotropic agent Bernd Keller 2018-12-04 $40,750,000
9954144 Wafer level contact pad solder bumping for surface mount devices with non-planar recessed contacting surfaces Chandan Bhat 2018-04-24 $8,732,000
9865780 LED package with encapsulant having planar surfaces Eric Tarsa, Sten Heikman, 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 Eric Tarsa, Sten Heikman, Bernd Keller, Jesse Colin Reiherzer, Hormoz Benjamin 2017-11-14 $28,814,000
9798072 Optical element and method of forming an optical element Steve Wilcenski, Kurt S. Wilcox 2017-10-24 $12,081,000
9786811 Tilted emission LED array Fabian Jean-Daniel Rol, Eric Tarsa, Bernd Keller, David T. Emerson 2017-10-10 $4,012,000