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James Dunphy — 83 Patents

Google: 26 patents #683 of 22,993Top 3%
WEWeatherford/Lamb: 19 patents #28 of 852Top 4%
CICidra: 15 patents #8 of 63Top 15%
RTX (Raytheon): 11 patents #999 of 15,912Top 7%
WHWeatherford Technology Holdings: 10 patents #47 of 831Top 6%
San Jose, CA: #382 of 32,062 inventorsTop 2%
California: #3,232 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #21,013 of 4,157,543Top 1%
83 Patents All Time
James Dunphy has been granted 83 US patents while listed as an inventor at Google. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in September 2025. James Dunphy ranks #21,013 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.51%). Patent records list James Dunphy in San Jose, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 83 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12406507 Time-division multiple access scanning for crosstalk mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices Georges Goetz, Augusto Tazzoli, David Schleuning 2025-09-02
12352900 Light detection and ranging (lidar) device having a light-guide manifold Pierre-Yves Droz, Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Augusto Tazzoli, David Hutchison, David Schleuning +14 more 2025-07-08
12174547 Non-telecentric light guide elements David Hutchison 2024-12-24 $142,724,000
12164026 Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs Pierre-Yves Droz, David Hutchison, Nathaniel Golshan, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2024-12-10 $140,382,000
12147076 Optical signal routing devices and systems David Hutchison, Pierre-Yves Droz, Yeh-Jiun Tung 2024-11-19 $89,094,000
12078754 Lidar transmitter assembly David Hutchison, Pierre-Yves Droz 2024-09-03 $114,566,000
12072422 Light detection and ranging (lidar) devices having vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) emitters David Schleuning, Augusto Tazzoli, Matthew E. Last 2024-08-27 $76,949,000
12025744 Multilayer optical devices and systems David Hutchison 2024-07-02 $130,174,000
11994802 Systems and methods that utilize angled photolithography for manufacturing light guide elements David Hutchison 2024-05-28 $129,455,000
11947048 Crosstalk reduction for light detection and ranging (lidar) devices using wavelength locking David Schleuning, Pierre-Yves Droz, Jason Watson 2024-04-02 $80,757,000
11892777 Systems and methods for contact immersion lithography Hongqin Shi, Yeh-Jiun Tung, Cesar Gensoli 2024-02-06 $88,011,000
11892572 Spatial light modulator retroreflector mitigation David Schleuning, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2024-02-06 $88,011,000
11867808 Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs Pierre-Yves Droz, David Hutchison, Nathaniel Golshan, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2024-01-09 $88,181,000
11868050 Non-telecentric light guide elements David Hutchison 2024-01-09 $88,181,000
11714233 Optical signal routing devices and systems David Hutchison, Pierre-Yves Droz, Yeh-Jiun Tung 2023-08-01 $112,973,000
11577337 Acoustically enhanced optical cables Andre R. Vincelette, Christopher S. Baldwin, Paul Lefebvre, Hongbo Li, Domino Taverner 2023-02-14 $21,324,000
11520044 Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs Pierre-Yves Droz, David Hutchison, Nathaniel Golshan, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2022-12-06 $77,337,000
11520103 Reconfigurable optical signal routing systems using fluid channels between waveguides David Hutchison 2022-12-06 $77,337,000
11520236 Non-telecentric light guide elements David Hutchison 2022-12-06 $77,337,000
11500295 Systems and methods for contact immersion lithography Hongqin Shi, Yeh-Jiun Tung, Cesar Gensoli 2022-11-15 $93,392,000
11385406 Optical signal routing devices and systems David Hutchison, Pierre-Yves Droz, Yeh-Jiun Tung 2022-07-12 $78,900,000
11275312 Systems and methods for verifying photomask cleanliness Hongqin Shi, David Hutchison, Yeh-Jiun Tung, Eric Copenhaver, Nao S. Chuei 2022-03-15 $89,103,000
11156699 Multilayer optical devices and systems David Hutchison 2021-10-26 $116,045,000
11131929 Systems and methods that utilize angled photolithography for manufacturing light guide elements David Hutchison 2021-09-28 $151,610,000
11131934 Non-telecentric light guide elements David Hutchison 2021-09-28 $151,610,000