Inventor · Afton, MN, US

John C. Schultz

94Patents
18h-index
97Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 24, 1973 → Nov 16, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7528893B2 Backlight for liquid crystal display Physics 147 Active
US7740387B2 Backlight wedge with side mounted light source Physics 121 Expired
US7205864B2 Distributed matrix switch Electricity 92 Expired
US7285802B2 Illumination assembly and method of making same Electricity 79 Expired
US7163327B2 Illumination system using a plurality of light sources Electricity 75 Expired
US5403722A Technique to count objects in a scanned image Chemistry; Metallurgy 61 Expired
US7303315B2 Illumination assembly using circuitized strips Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US7660509B2 Backlight asymmetric light input wedge Physics 47 Expired
US7911547B2 Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display apparatus with slatted light guide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US7360924B2 Illumination system using a plurality of light sources Electricity 39 Active
US5588071A Identifying an area of interest using histogram data arranged in predetermined sequence Physics 36 Expired
US7710045B2 Illumination assembly with enhanced thermal conductivity Electricity 28 Active
US7997771B2 LED array systems Physics 25 Active
US7658526B2 Illumination system using a plurality of light sources Electricity 24 Active
US8246220B2 LED array systems Physics 21 Active
US7317182B2 Backlight wedge with encapsulated light source Physics 21 Expired
US4432254A Viscous damper having rigid plastic structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US8917447B2 Microreplicated film for attachment to autostereoscopic display components Physics 18 Active
US4411341A Rotary hydraulic damper Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Expired
US7806560B2 LED illumination assembly with compliant foil construction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US7572031B2 LED illumination assembly with compliant foil construction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US4432116A Caster shimmy damper including a viscous damping medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US8068187B2 Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display apparatus having a double sided prism film comprising cylindrical lenses and non-contiguous prisms Physics 13 Active
US8098347B2 Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display with graded light guide light extraction features Physics 12 Active
US8339333B2 Methods of reducing perceived image crosstalk in a multiview display Physics 11 Active

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