Inventor

Narinder S. Kapany

Inventor

Woodside, CA, US

Overview

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Patents

1976–2012

Patent span

General tagging of new technological developments

Primary field (CPC Y)

Patents· 24 as inventor

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

G02Bprimary

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus29%

F24SSolar heat collectors13%

Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution13%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests9%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification9%

H01SDevices using the process of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation [laser] to amplify or generate light7%

Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications5%

E06BFixed or movable closures for openings in buildings, vehicles, fences or like enclosures in general, e.g. doors, windows, blinds, gates4%

G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them4%

H10FInorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation4%

PatentTitleYear

8,230,649'Solar wall apparatus and method'2012 8,046,960'Solar window apparatus and method'2011 6,748,132'Wavelength add drop element for configurable add drop multiplexing'2004 6,480,513'Tunable external cavity laser'2002 6,463,192'Non-blocking micro-optic switch matrix for use in fiber optic systems'2002 6,356,679'Optical routing element for use in fiber optic systems'2002 5,555,127'Planar hybrid optical amplifier'1996 5,546,484'Fiber optic switch using polished-type directional coupler'1996 5,226,104'Optical fiber coupler with attenuator'1993 5,191,467'Fiber optic isolater and amplifier'1993 4,993,796'Fiber optics communication modules'1991 4,934,784'Hybrid active devices coupled to fiber via spherical reflectors'1990 4,846,543'Star coupler for optical fibers'1989 4,755,017'Construction for fiber optics communications modules using elements bonded along abutting flat surfaces and method of fabricating same'1988 4,714,313'Star coupler for optical fibers'1987 4,479,697'Fiber optics communications modules'1984 4,329,017'Fiber optics communications modules'1982 4,265,222'See-through solar collector'1981 4,143,233'Solar energy collector'1979 4,078,548'High efficiency solar panel'1978 3,988,057'Prism reflector for optical projector/reader'1976 3,985,116'High efficiency solar panel'1976 3,941,467'Optical projector/reader'1976 3,936,157'High efficiency light transmitting window panel'1976

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1976–1996Patents assigned to KAPTRON INC (15)· patent assignee history

1976–2012Based in Woodside, CA, US· patent location history

1979Patents assigned to MONSANTO RES CORP (1)· patent assignee history

1981Patents assigned to KAPANY NARINDER S (1)· patent assignee history

2002–2004Patents assigned to K2 OPTRONICS INC (4)· patent assignee history

2011–2012Patents assigned to KAPANY NARINDER SINGH (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
KAPTRON INC	15	1976–1996
K2 OPTRONICS INC	4	2002–2004
KAPANY NARINDER SINGHself	2	2011–2012
KAPANY NARINDER Sself	1	1981
MONSANTO RES CORP	1	1979

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Woodside, California, US	24	1976–2012