Inventor · White Bear Lake, MN, US

Stephen K. Eckhardt

23Patents
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30Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 31, 1993 → Oct 29, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6486997B1 Reflective LCD projection system using wide-angle Cartesian polarizing beam splitter Performing Operations; Transporting 246 Expired
US6721096B2 Polarizing beam splitter Performing Operations; Transporting 159 Expired
US6719426B2 Compound polarization beam splitters Physics 67 Expired
US6976759B2 Compound polarization beam splitters Physics 32 Expired
US6104536A High efficiency polarization converter including input and output lenslet arrays Physics 26 Expired
US6672721B2 Projection system having low astigmatism Electricity 19 Expired
US5596455A Fixed-focus triplet projection lens for overhead projectors Physics 9 Expired
US7411734B2 Color-splitting optical element and an optical system utilizing the color-splitting optical element Electricity 8 Expired
US7329006B2 Projection system having low astigmatism Electricity 7 Expired
US7684126B2 Fresnel field lens Physics 6 Active
US6857752B2 Projection illumination system with tunnel integrator and field lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7804649B2 Microreplicated achromatic lens Physics 5 Expired
US5803568A Dual grooved Fresnel lens for overhead projection Physics 4 Expired
US8721153B2 Backlight reflectors having a prismatic structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US5400094A Condensers for overhead projectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US9200775B2 Light assembly Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US5515123A Condensers for illumination systems Physics 3 Expired
US7152981B2 Projection illumination system with tunnel integrator and field lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7475991B2 Polarizing beamsplitter assembly Electricity 2 Active
US5475535A Condensers for overhead projectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US8675194B2 Apparatus for measuring the retroreflectance of materials Physics 0 Active
US9229200B2 Panoramic optical systems Physics 0 Active
US9816679B2 Light assembly Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active

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