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SILICON LIGHT MACHINES INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    198
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SILICON LIGHT MACHINES INC has a total of 198 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1995. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets optics, audio-visual technology and micro-structure and nano-technology are DUPARRE JACQUES, NANOLUX CO LTD and AIRY3D INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing SILICON LIGHT MACHINES INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Amm David T 28
#2 Bloom David M 26
#3 Alioshin Paul A 23
#4 Trisnadi Jahja I 19
#5 Staker Bryan P 18
#6 Gudeman Christopher 18
#7 Corbin Dave B 18
#8 Hunter James 16
#9 Aras Richard John Edward 12
#10 Lehoty David A 11

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
EP1751786A2 Optical positioning device having shaped illumination
US6829077B1 Diffractive light modulator with dynamically rotatable diffraction plane
US6806997B1 Patterned diffractive light modulator ribbon for PDL reduction
US6781739B1 High-frequency AC drive for MEM devices
US6795227B2 Method and apparatus for driving light-modulating elements
CN1754122A Display apparatus including rgb color combiner and 1d light valve relay including schlieren filter
US6712480B1 Controlled curvature of stressed micro-structures
US6692129B2 Display apparatus including RGB color combiner and 1D light valve relay including schlieren filter
US6877209B1 Method for sealing an active area of a surface acoustic wave device on a wafer
US6922271B1 Tunable phase grating with optically linearized response
US6801354B1 2-D diffraction grating for substantially eliminating polarization dependent losses
US6775047B1 Adaptive bipolar operation of MEM device
AU2002322696A1 Angled illumination for a single order glv based projection system
US6777258B1 Conductive etch stop for etching a sacrificial layer
US6714337B1 Method and device for modulating a light beam and having an improved gamma response
US6813059B2 Reduced formation of asperities in contact micro-structures
US6829258B1 Rapidly tunable external cavity laser
US6804038B1 Bipolar operation of light-modulating array
US6822797B1 Light modulator structure for producing high-contrast operation using zero-order light
US6728023B1 Optical device arrays with optimized image resolution