Inventor · Lomita, CA, US

William A. Parkyn

62Patents
33h-index
23Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 27, 1981 → Dec 5, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6582103B1 Lighting apparatus Physics 316 Expired
US5806955A TIR lens for waveguide injection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 205 Expired
US5655832A Multiple wavelength light processor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 190 Expired
US7286296B2 Optical manifold for light-emitting diodes Electricity 186 Expired
US7021797B2 Optical device for repositioning and redistributing an LED's light Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 166 Expired
US6560038B1 Light extraction from LEDs with light pipes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 160 Expired
US6637924B2 Strip lighting apparatus and method Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 147 Expired
US5404869A Faceted totally internally reflecting lens with individually curved faces on facets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 146 Expired
US5757557A Beam-forming lens with internal cavity that prevents front losses Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 139 Expired
US4337759A Radiant energy concentration by optical total internal reflection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 139 Expired
US7559672B1 Linear illumination lens with Fresnel facets Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 135 Active
US5924788A Illuminating lens designed by extrinsic differential geometry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 134 Expired
US6273596A Illuminating lens designed by extrinsic differential geometry Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 127 Expired
US5676453A Collimating TIR lens devices employing fluorescent light sources Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 115 Expired
US7006306B2 Circumferentially emitting luminaires and lens-elements formed by transverse-axis profile-sweeps Electricity 105 Expired
US7329029B2 Optical device for LED-based lamp Electricity 93 Expired
US5577492A Collimating TIR lens with focusing filter lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US5926320A Ring-lens system for efficient beam formation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 91 Expired
US6924943B2 Asymmetric TIR lenses producing off-axis beams Physics 91 Expired
US7273299B2 Cylindrical irradiance-mapping lens and its applications to LED shelf-lighting Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 86 Expired
US6603243B2 LED light source with field-of-view-controlling optics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US8016443B2 Remote-phosphor LED downlight Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 79 Active
US6177761A LED with light extractor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Expired
US8075147B2 Optical device for LED-based lamp Electricity 77 Active
US6784603B2 Fluorescent lighting apparatus Physics 76 Expired

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