John C. Nelson
62Patents
21h-index
105Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 3, 1984 → Oct 25, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.