Inventor

Scott Lerner

Inventor
Corvallis, OR, US

Overview

55→
Patents
2005–2020
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 55 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G02Bprimary
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus33%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television23%
G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them15%
G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light8%
H01SDevices using the process of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation [laser] to amplify or generate light4%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general3%
B23KSoldering or unsoldering2%
F24SSolar heat collectors2%
G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein2%
H10FInorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation2%
PatentTitleYear
10,609,295Parallel high dynamic exposure range sensor202010,466,494Reverse interleaving for laser line generators201910,212,356Parallel high dynamic exposure range sensor201910,204,451Multi-optical surface optical design201910,033,151Laser module with meniscus collimating lens20189,455,552'Laser diode apparatus utilizing out of plane combination'20169,429,742'High power laser imaging systems'20169,409,255'High power laser imaging systems'20168,891,579'Laser diode apparatus utilizing reflecting slow axis collimators'20148,831,396'Homogenizing optical fiber apparatus and systems employing the same'20148,816,188'Photovoltaic devices with electrically coupled supports'20148,307,822'High efficiency solar energy devices and methods'20127,963,658'Light modulator assembly'20117,695,146'Projection assembly'20107,621,646'Curved band-pass filter'20097,545,555'Projection device'20097,545,446'Offner relay for projection system'20097,530,696'Projectors and operation thereof'20097,527,381'Optical system architecture'20097,497,579'Active color wheel'20097,497,577'Light modulator assembly'20097,458,688'Prism'20087,453,454'Image display system and method'20087,441,909'Optical assembly for a projection system'20087,436,571'Micro-displays'20087,434,940'Light coupling system and method'20087,396,131'Projection assembly'20087,387,389'Image display system and method'20087,380,949'Light modulator device'20087,359,122'Prism assembly'20087,318,645'Beam splitter'20087,312,928'Projection system field lens'20077,310,186'Uniform multiple light source etendue'20077,306,343'Image rotator'20077,300,156'Prism assembly for separating light'20077,295,293'Apparatus and method for testing a reflector coating'20077,293,882'Optical relay'20077,283,289'Projection system modulator reducing distortion and field curvature effects of projection system lens'20077,281,804'Prism assembly for separating light'20077,239,386'Compact imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings'20077,224,533'Optically retro-reflecting sphere'20077,204,599'Offset projection system'20077,188,962'Light modulator device'20077,175,289'Optical relay'20077,167,314'Projector with total cross total internal reflection (TIR) prisms'20077,167,316'Projection lens assembly'20077,136,209'Light modulators'20067,073,909'Optical systems and methods'20067,016,037'Imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings with accessible entrance slit'20067,016,038'Compact imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings'20067,006,217'Compact catadioptric imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings'20066,985,226'Compact imaging spectrometer utilizing an immersed grating and anamorphic mirror'20066,980,295'Compact catadioptric imaging spectrometer utilizing reflective grating'20056,977,727'Compact imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings'20056,922,240'Compact refractive imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings'2005

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2005–2007Patents assigned to UNIV CALIFORNIA (8)· patent assignee history
2005–2006Based in Livermore, CA, US· patent location history
2006–2014Patents assigned to HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO (36)· patent assignee history
2006–2012Based in Corvallis, OR, US· patent location history
2008–2014Patents assigned to LERNER SCOTT (5)· patent assignee history
2014–2016Patents assigned to NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORP (3)· patent assignee history
2014–2016Based in Portland, OR, US· patent location history
2016–2019Patents assigned to NLIGHT INC (5)· patent assignee history
2019–2020Based in Boulder, CO, US· patent location history
2019Based in Los Angeles, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO362006–2014
UNIV CALIFORNIA82005–2007
LERNER SCOTTself52008–2014
NLIGHT INC52016–2019
NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORP32014–2016
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Corvallis, OR, US392006–2012
Portland, OR, US62014–2016
Livermore, California, US42005–2006
Boulder, CO, US22019–2020
Los Angeles, California, US12019