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PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS

Overview
  • Total Patents
    31
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PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS has a total of 31 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1997. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets computer technology, machines and audio-visual technology are HA IN WOO, PACIFIC DATA IMAGES LLC and POINT CLOUD INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOSs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Kass Michael 18
#2 Derose Anthony David 15
#3 Truong Tien Gia 6
#4 Baraff David E 5
#5 Witkin Andrew 5
#6 Apodaca Anthony A 2
#7 Gritz Larry I 2
#8 Vandewettering Mark T 2
#9 Rao Arun 2
#10 Burgess James 1

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US8363090B1 Combining stereo image layers for display
US2007262988A1 Method and apparatus for using voxel mip maps and brick maps as geometric primitives in image rendering process
US2002118197A1 Collision flypapering: a method for defining realistic behavior for simulated objects in computer animation
US6628442B1 Method and apparatus for beam deflection using multiple beam scanning galvanometers
US6433707B1 Universal lossless compressor for digitized analog data
US6483514B1 Motion blurring implicit surfaces
WO9948049A1 Stochastic level of detail in computer animation
US6441820B2 Pseudo area lights
US6300960B1 Realistic surface simulation in computer animation
US6037949A Texture mapping and other uses of scalar fields on subdivision surfaces in computer graphics and animation
US6222553B1 Hybrid subdivision in computer graphics