Inventor · Windom, MN, US

David L. Wortman

26Patents
21h-index
19Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 30, 1989 → Jan 31, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5771328A Light directing film having variable height structured surface and light directing article constructed therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 297 Expired
US5828488A Reflective polarizer display Physics 280 Expired
US5825542A Diffusely reflecting multilayer polarizers and mirrors Physics 205 Expired
US6262842A Transflective displays with reflective polarizing transflector Physics 177 Expired
US6025897A Display with reflective polarizer and randomizing cavity Physics 134 Expired
US6124971A Transflective displays with reflective polarizing transflector Physics 122 Expired
US6080467A High efficiency optical devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 122 Expired
US6101032A Light fixture having a multilayer polymeric film Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 111 Expired
US6091547A Luminance control film Physics 106 Expired
US6905220B2 Backlight system with multilayer optical film reflector Physics 67 Expired
US6515785B1 Optical devices using reflecting polarizing materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US7038745B2 Brightness enhancing reflective polarizer Physics 43 Expired
US6018419A Diffuse reflectors Physics 40 Expired
US6210785A High efficiency optical devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US6924014B2 High efficiency optical devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5202683A Optical traffic preemption detector Physics 33 Expired
US5363470A Displacing an optical lighting film's linear array of grooves to facilitate emission of light Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6543153B1 Reflective polarizer having improved properties and optical display with improved reflective polarizer Physics 31 Expired
US5095415A Light fixture for externally illuminated sign Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6447135B1 Lightguide having a directly secured reflector and method of making the same Physics 28 Expired
US6934082B2 Optical devices using reflecting polarizing materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US7147903B2 High efficiency optical devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6641883B2 High efficiency optical devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6888675B2 Transflective displays with reflective polarizing transflector Physics 7 Expired
US7423708B2 Display having a reflective polarizer Physics 5 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.