Ivan B. Steiner
25Patents
10h-index
6Co-inventors
64Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 3, 1992 → Sep 29, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6428198B1 | Display system having a light source separate from a display device | Physics | 154 | Expired |
| US5748828A | Color separating backlight | Physics | 149 | Expired |
| US7258467B2 | Low profile direct/indirect luminaires | Physics | 112 | Expired |
| US5521725A | Illumination system employing an array of microprisms | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 108 | Expired |
| US6775460B2 | Optical array and collimated light distribution | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 74 | Expired |
| US6509982B2 | Holographic diffusers | Physics | 62 | Expired |
| US5949933A | Lenticular illumination system | Physics | 51 | Expired |
| US7195374B2 | Luminaires for artificial lighting | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 26 | Expired |
| US7178946B2 | Luminaire device that restricts light within an angular envelope | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US6266473A | Reflective display | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US6106128A | Illumination system having edge-illuminated waveguide and separate components for extracting and directing light | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US6421148B2 | Volume holographic diffusers | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7151604B2 | Optical system and method for particle detection | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6741788B2 | Efficient light distribution system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US6948832B2 | Luminaire device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US5442787A | Beam multiplying component | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6817746B2 | Optical distribution components | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7075100B2 | Confocal scanner system and method | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US6714328B2 | Volume holographic diffusers | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US6848810B2 | Edge light source for a flat panel display or luminaire | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US5495332A | Arrangement for sensing the wavelength shift of light from a polychromatic light source | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US8142062B2 | Luminaire having a two-way waveguide | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7690814B2 | Luminaire with a one-sided diffuser | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7806579B2 | Luminaire having a two-way waveguide | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US7067836B2 | Confocal scanner system and method | Physics | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.