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Jay Small — 19 Patents

NLNlight: 18 patents #7 of 91Top 8%
Vancouver, WA: #115 of 1,812 inventorsTop 7%
Washington: #5,006 of 76,902 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Jay Small has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nlight. The first was granted in 2016 and the most recent in November 2025. Jay Small ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Jay Small in Vancouver, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12481167 Fiber-based angular homogenizer Shuang Li, Dahv A. V. Kliner 2025-11-25
12158570 High brightness fiber coupled diode lasers with circularized beams Zhigang Chen, Manoj Kanskar 2024-12-03 $6,471,000
12142889 Methods for SRS protection of laser components and apparatus providing SRS protection C. Geoffrey Fanning, Dahv A. V. Kliner, Chris A. Rivera 2024-11-12 $6,714,000
12078788 Variable magnification afocal telescope element Zhigang Chen, Manoj Kanskar 2024-09-03 $2,479,000
11982819 Optical fiducial generation for galvanometric scanner calibration Robert J. Martinsen 2024-05-14 $2,855,000
11982835 Apparatuses for scattering light and methods of forming apparatuses for scattering light Manoj Kanskar, Shuang Li, Eric Martin, Jiamin Zhang 2024-05-14 $2,855,000
11979002 Diode laser apparatus with FAC lens out-of-plane beam steering Zhigang Chen, Manoj Kanskar, Shuang Li, Jim Zhang, Mark DeFranza +2 more 2024-05-07 $6,070,000
11579440 Focus assessment in dynamically focused laser system Ken Gross 2023-02-14 $7,883,000
11525968 Calibration validation using geometric features in galvanometric scanning systems Ken Gross 2022-12-13 $5,649,000
11389896 Calibration test piece for galvanometric laser calibration Aaron Brown, Robert J. Martinsen 2022-07-19 $5,736,000
11173548 Optical fiducial generation for galvanometric scanner calibration Robert J. Martinsen 2021-11-16 $14,335,000
10833482 Diode laser apparatus with FAC lens out-of-plane beam steering Zhigang Chen, Manoj Kanskar, Shuang Li, Jim Zhang, Mark DeFranza +2 more 2020-11-10 $8,976,000
10739579 Method of processing calibration data in 3D laser scanner systems Ken Gross, Vito P. Errico 2020-08-11 $7,124,000
10295820 Method of processing calibration data in 3D laser scanner systems Ken Gross, Vito P. Errico 2019-05-21 $3,756,000
10295405 Active monitoring of multi-laser systems Scott R. Karlsen, Mitch Stanek, Vito P. Errico, Cary S. Kiest 2019-05-21 $3,756,000
9720244 Intensity distribution management system and method in pixel imaging Joseph V. DeBartolo, Jr., Scott R. Karlsen, Rob Martinsen 2017-08-01
9705289 High brightness multijunction diode stacking Manoj Kanskar, Raymond Kirk Price, David Martin Hemenway, Zhigang Chen 2017-07-11
9484707 Spatially stable high brightness fiber Ken Gross, Shuang Li 2016-11-01
9310248 Active monitoring of multi-laser systems Scott R. Karlsen, Mitch Stanek, Vito P. Errico, Cary S. Kiest 2016-04-12