Inventor · Healdsburg, CA, US

John C. Nelson

62Patents
21h-index
105Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 3, 1984 → Oct 25, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4775219A Cube-corner retroreflective articles having tailored divergence profiles Physics 295 Expired
US5210812A Optical fiber cable having spliced fiber branch and method of making the same Physics 199 Expired
US4895428A High efficiency retroreflective material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 174 Expired
US4938563A High efficiency cube corner retroflective material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 165 Expired
US5121458A Preterminated fiber optic cable Physics 154 Expired
US7750982B2 Autostereoscopic display with fresnel lens element and double sided prism film adjacent a backlight having a light transmission surface with left and right eye light sources at opposing ends modulated at a rate of at least 90 hz Physics 118 Active
US6417966B1 Rear projection screen using internal reflection Physics 73 Expired
US6931778B1 Clamp for weapon mount Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 72 Expired
US5943174A Night vision monocular device Physics 63 Expired
US4755921A Lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US6637144B2 Sight clearing weapon mount Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 46 Expired
US6407859B1 Fresnel lens for projection screen Physics 42 Expired
US6935756B2 Retroreflective articles having moire-like pattern Physics 36 Expired
US6317263A Projection screen using dispersing lens array for asymmetric viewing angle Physics 35 Expired
US6636355B2 Microstructured rear projection screen Physics 35 Expired
US5150966A Uniform intensity profile catadioptric lens Physics 32 Expired
USD413130S Combined night vision monocular with head or helmet and small arms mounting adapter General 26 Expired
US6843571B2 Methods of making a master and replicas thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US5029060A Uniform intensity profile catadioptric lens Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US7800708B2 Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display with segmented light guide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US5599137A Mobile soil treatment apparatus and method Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US6071639A Battery cartridge Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6570700B2 Microstructures with assisting optical elements to enhance an optical effect Physics 18 Expired
US5696327A Method and apparatus for separating a thin film from a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4964691A Optical fiber cable having optical fibers with various lengths Physics 15 Expired

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