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William K. Bischel — 48 Patents

GEGemfire: 26 patents #1 of 36Top 3%
DRDeacon Research: 15 patents #2 of 7Top 30%
COCoherent: 1 patents #206 of 402Top 55%
Dow Corning: 1 patents #971 of 1,768Top 55%
Menlo Park, CA: #120 of 3,774 inventorsTop 4%
California: #8,595 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #57,596 of 4,157,543Top 2%
48 Patents All Time
William K. Bischel has been granted 48 US patents while listed as an inventor at Gemfire. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in December 2020. William K. Bischel ranks #57,596 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.4%). Patent records list William K. Bischel in Menlo Park, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 48 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10852137 Multilayer waveguide optical gyroscope Lothar A. Reichertz 2020-12-01
7653109 Multi-channel laser pump source for optical amplifiers David Wagner, Harald R. Guenther, Simon J. Field, Markus P. Hehlen, Richard Tompane +4 more 2010-01-26
7471856 Short reach optical interconnect Jon Degroot, Shedric O. Glover, Mark J. Dyer 2008-12-30 $95,828,000
7263247 Integrated optical isolator array Markus P. Hehlen 2007-08-28
7235150 Multi-channel laser pump source for optical amplifiers David Wagner, Harald R. Guenther, Simon J. Field, Markus P. Hehlen, Richard Tompane +4 more 2007-06-26
7171064 Thermo-optic switch having fast rise-time Michael J. Brinkman, Tony C. Kowalczyk, David Main, Lee Lisheng Huang 2007-01-30
6856752 Device and method for variable attenuation of an optical channel Tony C. Kowalczyk 2005-02-15
6724968 Photodefinition of optical devices Hilary S. Lackritz, Tony C. Kowalczyk, Simon J. Field, Travis P. S. Thoms, Yeong-Cheng Lee 2004-04-20
6580842 Integrated optical circulator array Markus P. Hehlen 2003-06-17
6560387 Doped fiber amplifier utilizing integrated circulator array Markus P. Hehlen 2003-05-06
6556734 Electrical connection scheme for optical devices David A. G. Deacon, Michael J. Brinkman, Simon J. Field, Linda A. Whittelsey 2003-04-29
6522794 Display panel with electrically-controlled waveguide-routing Michael J. Brinkman, David A. G. Deacon, Edward J. DeWath, Mark J. Dyer, Simon J. Field 2003-02-18
6522793 Low voltage electro-optic modulator with integrated driver Andrei Szilagyi, Konstantin P. Petrov 2003-02-18
6507681 Anti-waveguide routing structure Tony C. Kowalczyk, Michael J. Brinkman, Stanley Lau 2003-01-14
6434318 Device and method for variable attenuation of an optical channel Tony C. Kowalczyk 2002-08-13
RE37809 Laser with electrically-controlled grating reflector David A. G. Deacon, Simon J. Field, Michael J. Brinkman 2002-07-30
6393172 Method of manipulating optical wave energy using patterned electro-optic structures Michael J. Brinkman, David A. G. Deacon 2002-05-21
6351578 Thermo-optic switch having fast rise-time Michael J. Brinkman, Tony C. Kowalczyk, David Main, Lee Lisheng Huang 2002-02-26
6325553 Connection system for optical redundancy David A. G. Deacon, Richard Tompane, Tony C. Kowalczyk 2001-12-04
6208791 Optically integrating pixel microstructure David A. G. Deacon, Nigel J. Cockroft, Markus P. Hehlen, David Wagner, Richard Tompane +1 more 2001-03-27
6167169 Scanning method and architecture for display Michael J. Brinkman 2000-12-26
6141465 Display architecture with waveguide routing and out-plane emission Michael J. Brinkman, David A. G. Deacon, Edward J. De Wath, Mark J. Dyer, Simon J. Field 2000-10-31
6118908 Integrated optical device with phosphor in substrate pit Michael J. Brinkman, David A. G. Deacon, Edward J. DeWath, Mark J. Dyer, Simon J. Field 2000-09-12
6078704 Method for operating a display panel with electrically-controlled waveguide-routing Michael J. Brinkman, David A. G. Deacon, Edward J. DeWath, Mark J. Dyer, Simon J. Field 2000-06-20
6049641 Connection system for optical redundancy David A. G. Deacon, Richard Tompane, Tony C. Kowalczyk 2000-04-11