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CREE LIGHTING CO

Overview
  • Total Patents
    55
About

CREE LIGHTING CO has a total of 55 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1999. It filed its patents most often in WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), China and United States. Its main competitors in its focus markets semiconductors, electrical machinery and energy and optics are OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH, LUMILEDS LIGHTING LLC and SHANXI FEIHONG MICRO NANO PHOTOELECTRONICS SCIENCE & TECH CO LTD.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing CREE LIGHTING COs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Thibeault Brian 32
#2 Mack Michael 14
#3 Tarsa Eric J 14
#4 Ibbetson James 11
#5 Denbaars Steven P 9
#6 Wu Yifeng 7
#7 Denbaars Steven 7
#8 Keller Bernd 6
#9 Kapolnek David 5
#10 Mishra Umesh 4

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
WO03032397A2 INSULTING GATE AlGaN/GaN HEMT
AU4360601A Fabrication of semiconductor materials and devices with controlled electrical conductivity
US6586781B2 Group III nitride based FETs and HEMTs with reduced trapping and method for producing the same
US6515313B1 High efficiency light emitters with reduced polarization-induced charges
CN1423842A Enhanced light extration in LEDs through the use of internal and external optical elements
US6614056B1 Scalable led with improved current spreading structures
US6410942B1 Enhanced light extraction through the use of micro-LED arrays
US6498111B1 Fabrication of semiconductor materials and devices with controlled electrical conductivity
US6350041B1 High output radial dispersing lamp using a solid state light source
US6265727B1 Solar blind photodiode having an active region with a larger bandgap than one or both if its surrounding doped regions