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Luke Wachter — 34 Patents

Google: 34 patents #420 of 22,993Top 2%
Mountain View, CA: #505 of 11,022 inventorsTop 5%
California: #14,619 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
Luke Wachter has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at Google. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in September 2025. Luke Wachter ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list Luke Wachter in Mountain View, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2025.peak 62015: 2 patents20152017: 2 patents20172018: 4 patents20182019: 3 patents20192020: 4 patents20202021: 3 patents20212022: 4 patents20222023: 2 patents20232024: 4 patents20242025: 6 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12422534 Methods and systems for detecting obstructions on a sensor housing Gil Shotan, Colin Braley, Christian Lauterbach, Xiaoxiang Hu, Ming Zou 2025-09-23
12352895 Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors Benjamin Ingram, Pierre-Yves Droz, Scott McCloskey, Blaise Gassend, Gaetan Pennecot 2025-07-08
12332379 Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs) Gaetan Pennecot, Zachary Morriss, Samuel William Lenius, Dorel Ionut Iordache, Daniel Gruver +7 more 2025-06-17
12298444 Range calibration of light detectors Pierre-Yves Droz 2025-05-13
12204053 LIDAR pulse elongation Pierre-Yves Droz, Clayton Kunz 2025-01-21
12196884 Long range steerable LIDAR system Pierre-Yves Droz, Gaetan Pennecot, Anthony Levandowski, Drew Ulrich, Zach Morriss +5 more 2025-01-14
12061296 Vehicle sensor synchronization using an external clock source Blaise Gassend, Benjamin Ingram 2024-08-13 $124,893,000
11933920 Methods and systems for detecting obstructions on a sensor housing Gil Shotan, Colin Braley, Christian Lauterbach, Xiaoxiang Hu, Ming Zou 2024-03-19 $87,363,000
11892567 LIDAR pulse elongation Pierre-Yves Droz, Clayton Kunz 2024-02-06 $88,011,000
11885883 LIDAR optics alignment system Gil Shotan, Joshua Wang 2024-01-30 $69,147,000
11681030 Range calibration of light detectors Pierre-Yves Droz 2023-06-20 $115,033,000
11592524 Computation of the angle of incidence of laser beam and its application on reflectivity estimation Mingcheng Chen, Christian Lauterbach, Blaise Gassend, Nathaniel Quillin, Gil Shotan +1 more 2023-02-28 $65,971,000
11513198 LIDAR pulse elongation Pierre-Yves Droz, Clayton Kunz 2022-11-29 $73,411,000
11333746 Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors Benjamin Ingram, Pierre-Yves Droz, Scott McCloskey, Blaise Gassend, Gaetan Pennecot 2022-05-17 $65,297,000
11333748 Array of light detectors with corresponding array of optical elements Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Pierre-Yves Droz, David Schleuning, Mark Alexander Shand 2022-05-17 $65,297,000
RE48961 Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs) Daniel Gruver, Pierre-Yves Droz, Gaetan Pennecot, Anthony Levandowski, Drew Ulrich +7 more 2022-03-08
11054505 Long range steerable LIDAR system Pierre-Yves Droz, Gaetan Pennecot, Anthony Levandowski, Drew Ulrich, Zach Morriss +5 more 2021-07-06 $92,959,000
11035957 LIDAR optics alignment system Gil Shotan, Joshua Wang 2021-06-15 $75,825,000
10976437 Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARS) Gaetan Pennecot, Zachary Morriss, Samuel William Lenius, Dorel Ionut Iordache, Daniel Gruver +7 more 2021-04-13 $106,151,000
10866313 Vehicle sensor synchronization using an external clock source Blaise Gassend, Benjamin Ingram 2020-12-15 $58,660,000
10788571 Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors Benjamin Ingram, Pierre-Yves Droz, Scott McCloskey, Blaise Gassend, Gaetan Pennecot 2020-09-29 $44,330,000
10634769 Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors Benjamin Ingram, Pierre-Yves Droz, Scott McCloskey, Blaise Gassend, Gaetan Pennecot 2020-04-28 $47,987,000
10578724 LIDAR optics alignment systems and methods Pierre-Yves Droz, David Hutchison, Alexander P. McCauley 2020-03-03 $35,056,000
10416290 Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors Benjamin Ingram, Pierre-Yves Droz, Scott McCloskey, Blaise Gassend, Gaetan Pennecot 2019-09-17 $38,215,000
10365351 Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors Benjamin Ingram, Pierre-Yves Droz, Scott McCloskey, Blaise Gassend, Gaetan Pennecot 2019-07-30 $48,742,000