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Frank Y. Xu — 125 Patents

MIMolecular Imprints: 72 patents #3 of 97Top 4%
MLMagic Leap: 42 patents #37 of 665Top 6%
Canon: 11 patents #5,866 of 19,416Top 35%
University Of Texas System: 5 patents #550 of 6,559Top 9%
3M: 3 patents #4,239 of 11,543Top 40%
USUniversity Of Texas System: 2 patents #22 of 217Top 15%
UTUniversity Of Texas: 2 patents #10 of 278Top 4%
TRThe Universty Of Texas System,Board Of Regents: 1 patents #10 of 109Top 10%
Austin, TX: #79 of 18,064 inventorsTop 1%
Texas: #285 of 125,132 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #9,160 of 4,157,543Top 1%
125 Patents All Time
Frank Y. Xu has been granted 125 US patents while listed as an inventor at Molecular Imprints. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in December 2025. Frank Y. Xu ranks #9,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.22%). Patent records list Frank Y. Xu in Austin, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 12 patents in 2025.peak 121998: 1 patents19982001: 1 patents2003: 1 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 7 patents2009: 1 patents2010: 3 patents20102011: 7 patents2012: 5 patents2013: 7 patents20132014: 10 patents2015: 7 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 3 patents2019: 7 patents2020: 10 patents20202021: 11 patents2022: 9 patents2023: 8 patents20232024: 10 patents2025: 12 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 125 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12498578 Waveguides with high index materials and methods of fabrication thereof Vivek Kumar Singh, Kaiyu Luo, Michal Beau Dennison Vaughn, Samarth Bhargava, Shin-Ya Yang +6 more 2025-12-16
12498581 Air pocket structures for promoting total internal reflection in a waveguide Xiaopei Deng, Vivek Kumar Singh, Shin-Ya Yang, Kaiyu Luo, Nai-Wen Pi 2025-12-16
12461374 Very high index eyepiece substrate-based viewing optics assembly architectures Michael Anthony Klug, Kevin Curtis, Vivek Kumar Singh, Kaiyu Luo, Michal Beau Dennison Vaughn +5 more 2025-11-04
12399320 Method and system for variable optical thickness waveguides for augmented reality devices Robert D. Tekolste, Ryan Jason Ong, Victor Kai Liu, Samarth Bhargava, Christophe Peroz +3 more 2025-08-26
12386255 Eyepiece assembly adhesion using a zero residual layer region Huihang Dong, Thomas Mercier, Vikramjit Singh, Kang Luo, Tasha Amit Mangaldas +2 more 2025-08-12
12379603 Display device having diffraction gratings with reduced polarization sensitivity Kang Luo, Vikramjit Singh, Nai-Wen Pi, Shuqiang Yang 2025-08-05
12372695 Method of fabricating diffraction gratings Shuqiang Yang, Kang Luo, Vikramjit Singh 2025-07-29
12353101 Liquid crystal diffractive devices with nano-scale pattern and methods of manufacturing the same Chulwoo Oh, Mauro Melli, Christophe Peroz, Vikramjit Singh, Michael Anthony Klug 2025-07-08
12332572 Configuring optical layers in imprint lithography processes Vikramjit Singh, Michael Nevin Miller, Shuqiang Yang 2025-06-17
12276825 Method and system for integration of refractive optics with a diffractive eyepiece waveguide display Chulwoo Oh, Ravi Kumar Komanduri, Vikramjit Singh, Shuqiang Yang 2025-04-15
12222537 Surface relief waveguides with high refractive index resist Matthew C. Traub, Yingnan Liu, Vikramjit Singh, Robert D. Tekolste, Qizhen Xue +4 more 2025-02-11
12194696 Monolithic high refractive index photonic devices Sharad D. Bhagat, Christophe Peroz, Vikramjit Singh 2025-01-14
12181679 Diffractive optical elements with mitigation of rebounce-induced light loss and related systems and methods Jeffrey Dean Schmulen, Neal Paul Ricks, Samarth Bhargava, Kevin Messer, Victor Kai Liu +6 more 2024-12-31
12135442 Display device with diffraction grating having reduced polarization sensitivity Vikramjit Singh, Kang Luo, Xiaopei Deng, Shuqiang Yang, Kevin Messer 2024-11-05
12055725 Display device having diffraction gratings with reduced polarization sensitivity Kang Luo, Vikramjit Singh, Nai-Wen Pi, Shuqiang Yang 2024-08-06
12044851 Air pocket structures for promoting total internal reflection in a waveguide Xiaopei Deng, Vikramjit Singh, Shuqiang Yang, Kang Luo, Nai-Wen Pi 2024-07-23
12044976 Configuring optical layers in imprint lithography processes Vikramjit Singh, Michael Nevin Miller, Shuqiang Yang 2024-07-23
12019233 Optical device venting gaps for edge sealant and lamination dam Wendong Xing, Vikramjit Singh, Neal Paul Ricks, Jeffrey Dean Schmulen, Emory D. Carroll +4 more 2024-06-25
11994706 Method and system for integration of refractive optics with a diffractive eyepiece waveguide display Chulwoo Oh, Ravi Kumar Komanduri, Vikramjit Singh, Shuqiang Yang 2024-05-28
11982813 Waveguides with high index materials and methods of fabrication thereof Vikramjit Singh, Kang Luo, Michal Beau Dennison Vaughn, Samarth Bhargava, Shuqiang Yang +6 more 2024-05-14
11971549 Very high index eyepiece substrate-based viewing optics assembly architectures Michael Anthony Klug, Kevin Curtis, Vikramjit Singh, Kang Luo, Michal Beau Dennison Vaughn +5 more 2024-04-30
11906763 Method of fabricating diffraction gratings Shuqiang Yang, Kang Luo, Vikramjit Singh 2024-02-20
11726317 Waveguides having integral spacers and related systems and methods Ling Li, Ali Karbasi, Christophe Peroz, Chieh Chang, Sharad D. Bhagat +5 more 2023-08-15
11693246 Diffractive optical elements with mitigation of rebounce-induced light loss and related systems and methods Jeffrey Dean Schmulen, Neal Paul Ricks, Samarth Bhargava, Kevin Messer, Victor Kai Liu +6 more 2023-07-04
11693282 Liquid crystal diffractive devices with nano-scale pattern and methods of manufacturing the same Chulwoo Oh, Mauro Melli, Christophe Peroz, Vikramjit Singh, Michael Anthony Klug 2023-07-04