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Pierre-Yves Droz — 226 Patents

Google: 226 patents #4 of 22,993Top 1%
Los Altos, CA: #15 of 3,651 inventorsTop 1%
California: #441 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #2,561 of 4,157,543Top 1%
226 Patents All Time
Pierre-Yves Droz has been granted 226 US patents while listed as an inventor at Google. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in December 2025. Pierre-Yves Droz ranks #2,561 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.06%). Patent records list Pierre-Yves Droz in Los Altos, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 34 patents in 2024.peak 342014: 2 patents20142015: 9 patents2016: 9 patents20162017: 7 patents2018: 14 patents20182019: 26 patents2020: 22 patents20202021: 25 patents2022: 25 patents20222023: 28 patents2024: 34 patents20242025: 25 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 226 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12510633 LIDAR with co-aligned transmit and receive paths David Hutchison, Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Nathaniel Golshan 2025-12-30
12468020 Optical redirector device Blaise Gassend, David G. Duff, Paul Karplus, Jason Watson, Michael Brickner +1 more 2025-11-11
12461206 LIDAR receiver using a waveguide and an aperture David Hutchison, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2025-11-04
12453205 Controlling detection time in photodetectors Caner Onal, Simon Verghese 2025-10-21
12449669 LIDAR transmitter and receiver optics Blaise Gassend, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2025-10-21
12436536 Light steering device with a plurality of beam-steering optics Drew Ulrich, Samuel William Lenius 2025-10-07
12416719 Waveguide apparatus with high speed dual channel wireless contactless rotary joint Zhe Li, Jamal Izadian, Min Wang, Samuel William Lenius, Paul Karplus +1 more 2025-09-16
12399262 Methods and systems for protecting a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device Simon Verghese, Mark Alexander Shand 2025-08-26
12372629 Multi-chip daisychain for output aggregation Pieter Kapsenberg, Sabareeshkumar Ravikumar 2025-07-29
12352895 Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors Benjamin Ingram, Luke Wachter, Scott McCloskey, Blaise Gassend, Gaetan Pennecot 2025-07-08
12352900 Light detection and ranging (lidar) device having a light-guide manifold Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Augusto Tazzoli, David Hutchison, David Schleuning, Nathaniel Golshan +14 more 2025-07-08
12345815 Laser diode timing feedback using trace loop Gaetan Pennecot 2025-07-01
12339404 Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device with an off-axis receiver Simon Verghese 2025-06-24
12339371 Multimode lidar receiver for coherent distance and velocity measurements Pablo Hopman 2025-06-24
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 Luke Wachter 2025-05-13
12292502 Limitation of noise on light detectors using an aperture Blaise Gassend, Caner Onal, David Hutchison 2025-05-06
RE50338 Devices and methods for a rotating LIDAR platform with a shared transmit/receive path Gaetan Pennecot, Drew Ulrich, Daniel Gruver, Zachary Morriss, Anthony Levandowski 2025-03-18
12248097 Multiplexed multichannel photodetector Samuel William Lenius 2025-03-11
12248067 Laser diode timing feedback using trace loop Gaetan Pennecot 2025-03-11
12237948 Low-speed ring with controlled jitter Kaushik Kannan, Pieter Kapsenberg 2025-02-25
12204053 LIDAR pulse elongation Luke Wachter, Clayton Kunz 2025-01-21
12206406 Systems and methods for selecting light emitters for emitting light Augusto Tazzoli, Michael Marx 2025-01-21
12196884 Long range steerable LIDAR system Gaetan Pennecot, Anthony Levandowski, Drew Ulrich, Zach Morriss, Luke Wachter +5 more 2025-01-14
12187141 Contactless electrical coupling for a rotatable LIDAR device Samuel William Lenius 2025-01-07