ELECTRONICS, COMPUTER HARDWARE, & COMMUNICATIONS

Patent Trees for Physical Optics Corporation

Holographic Diffusers Can Efficiently and Cost Effectively Distribute Light

A Patent Tree is a graphical display of knowledge dissemination from patented technological advances produced during an ATP-funded project. Some companies file for and are granted patents derived from their ATP project. Many of these patents are later referenced by other companies, thereby increasing the potential impact of the ATP project to propel the technology forward.


Patent trees for Status Report 93-01-0205 were generated during February 2006.

		Patent Trees Listed by:
	Patent		Patent Number	Company
·	"Viewing screen formed using coherent light" (No. 5,609,939: filed December 14, 1994, granted March 11, 1997)		5,609,939	Physical Optics Corporations
·	"Homogenizer formed using coherent light and holographic diffuser" (No. 5,534,386: filed February 23, 1995, granted July 9, 1996)		5,534,386	Physical Optics Corporations
·	"Illuminated display with light source destructuring" (No. 5,956,106: filed February 1, 1996, granted September 21, 1999)		5,956,106	Physical Optics Corporations