Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Gerard Harbers

118Patents
27h-index
60Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 24, 1999 → Aug 19, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6234648A Lighting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 583 Expired
US7052152B2 LCD backlight using two-dimensional array LEDs Physics 201 Expired
US7344902B2 Overmolded lens over LED die Electricity 184 Expired
US6586882B1 Lighting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 178 Expired
US7352011B2 Wide emitting lens for LED useful for backlighting Electricity 170 Expired
US6443594B1 One-piece lens arrays for collimating and focusing light and led light generators using same Physics 131 Expired
US7070300B2 Remote wavelength conversion in an illumination device Electricity 121 Expired
US7009213B2 Light emitting devices with improved light extraction efficiency Electricity 115 Expired
US7766490B2 Multi-color primary light generation in a projection system using LEDs Electricity 105 Active
US7988336B1 LED-based illumination module attachment to a light fixture Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 99 Active
US6536914B2 Illumination system, light mixing chamber and display device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Expired
US9217560B2 Reflector attachment to an LED-based illumination module Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 68 Active
US7902560B2 Tunable white point light source using a wavelength converting element Electricity 66 Active
US8317359B2 Illumination device with light emitting diodes and moveable light adjustment member Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 65 Active
US7682850B2 White LED for backlight with phosphor plates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Active
US6406172B1 Headlamp and dynamic lighting system for vehicles Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 60 Expired
US7494246B2 Thin luminaire for general lighting applications Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 54 Active
US7572045B2 Compact lighting system and display device Physics 52 Expired
US7942556B2 Solid state illumination device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Active
US7891852B2 Illumination system using phosphor remote from light source Physics 34 Expired
US7234820B2 Illuminators using reflective optics with recycling and color mixing Physics 34 Expired
US6768525B2 Color isolated backlight for an LCD Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US8292482B2 LED-based illumination module attachment to a light fixture Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 32 Active
US6854854B2 Illumination system and display device Physics 28 Expired
US8425065B2 LED-based illumination modules with thin color converting layers Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 27 Active

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