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David Hutchison — 56 Patents

Google: 42 patents #266 of 22,993Top 2%
Intel: 11 patents #3,726 of 30,777Top 15%
BUBrigham Young University: 2 patents #131 of 611Top 25%
CUCornell University: 1 patents #786 of 1,984Top 40%
Santa Clara, CA: #172 of 9,301 inventorsTop 2%
California: #6,620 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #44,020 of 4,157,543Top 2%
56 Patents All Time
David Hutchison has been granted 56 US patents while listed as an inventor at Google. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in December 2025. David Hutchison ranks #44,020 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list David Hutchison in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 56 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12510633 LIDAR with co-aligned transmit and receive paths Pierre-Yves Droz, Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Nathaniel Golshan 2025-12-30
12461206 LIDAR receiver using a waveguide and an aperture Pierre-Yves Droz, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2025-11-04
12352900 Light detection and ranging (lidar) device having a light-guide manifold Pierre-Yves Droz, Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Augusto Tazzoli, David Schleuning, Nathaniel Golshan +14 more 2025-07-08
12292502 Limitation of noise on light detectors using an aperture Pierre-Yves Droz, Blaise Gassend, Caner Onal 2025-05-06
12174547 Non-telecentric light guide elements James Dunphy 2024-12-24 $142,724,000
12164026 Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs Pierre-Yves Droz, James Dunphy, Nathaniel Golshan, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2024-12-10 $140,382,000
12147076 Optical signal routing devices and systems James Dunphy, Pierre-Yves Droz, Yeh-Jiun Tung 2024-11-19 $89,094,000
12111422 Array of waveguide diffusers for light detection using an aperture Pierre-Yves Droz 2024-10-08 $117,740,000
12078754 Lidar transmitter assembly James Dunphy, Pierre-Yves Droz 2024-09-03 $114,566,000
12078530 Light detection using an aperture Pierre-Yves Droz 2024-09-03 $114,566,000
12025744 Multilayer optical devices and systems James Dunphy 2024-07-02 $130,174,000
11994802 Systems and methods that utilize angled photolithography for manufacturing light guide elements James Dunphy 2024-05-28 $129,455,000
11921206 Limitation of noise on light detectors using an aperture Pierre-Yves Droz, Blaise Gassend, Caner Onal 2024-03-05 $62,822,000
11867808 Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs Pierre-Yves Droz, James Dunphy, Nathaniel Golshan, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2024-01-09 $88,181,000
11868050 Non-telecentric light guide elements James Dunphy 2024-01-09 $88,181,000
11802942 LIDAR with co-aligned transmit and receive paths Pierre-Yves Droz, Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Nathaniel Golshan 2023-10-31 $122,489,000
11714171 Array of waveguide diffusers for light detection using an aperture and a given total internal reflection waveguide Pierre-Yves Droz 2023-08-01 $112,973,000
11714233 Optical signal routing devices and systems James Dunphy, Pierre-Yves Droz, Yeh-Jiun Tung 2023-08-01 $112,973,000
11686823 LIDAR receiver using a waveguide and an aperture Pierre-Yves Droz, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2023-06-27 $76,505,000
11536834 Limitation of noise on light detectors using an aperture Pierre-Yves Droz, Blaise Gassend, Caner Onal 2022-12-27 $61,722,000
11520236 Non-telecentric light guide elements James Dunphy 2022-12-06 $77,337,000
11520103 Reconfigurable optical signal routing systems using fluid channels between waveguides James Dunphy 2022-12-06 $77,337,000
11520044 Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs Pierre-Yves Droz, James Dunphy, Nathaniel Golshan, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2022-12-06 $77,337,000
11422479 Method for manufacturing light guide elements Bernard Fidric, Pierre-Yves Droz 2022-08-23 $66,459,000
11385406 Optical signal routing devices and systems James Dunphy, Pierre-Yves Droz, Yeh-Jiun Tung 2022-07-12 $78,900,000