Top Inventors for class "Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems" |
Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
1 | John L. Melanson | US | Austin, TX | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220286046 - DRIVER CIRCUITRY | 66 |
2 | Anatoly Shteynberg | US | San Jose, CA | Apr 19, 2018 / 20180110099 - APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AC LINE POWER TO LIGHTING DEVICES | 40 |
3 | Robert R. Soler | US | Cocoa Beach, FL | Feb 11, 2016 / 20160040842 - LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR ACCENTING REGIONS OF A LAYER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | 39 |
4 | Fredric S. Maxik | US | Indialantic, FL | Dec 31, 2015 / 20150377424 - ELONGATED LED LUMINAIRE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | 36 |
5 | David E. Bartine | US | Cocoa, FL | May 18, 2017 / 20170142804 - WAVELENGTH SENSING LIGHTING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | 36 |
6 | Hirokazu Otake | JP | Yokosuka-Shi | Sep 03, 2015 / 20150250040 - POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | 36 |
7 | Yung-Lin Lin | US | Palo Alto, CA | May 19, 2016 / 20160143096 - CIRCUITS FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCES | 33 |
8 | Harald Josef Gunther Radermacher | DE | Aachen | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220104120 - SIGNAL-REPEATER DEVICE OPERABLE IN LOW-POWER REPEATER-OPERATIONAL MODE | 32 |
9 | Harry Rodriguez | US | Gilroy, CA | Sep 12, 2019 / 20190280887 - MULTIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM INTEGRATOR | 32 |
10 | Laurence P. Sadwick | US | Salt Lake City, UT | Oct 17, 2019 / 20190320515 - Solid State Lighting Systems | 31 |
11 | John R. Goscha | US | Boston, MA | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210383811 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUDIO VOICE SERVICE IN AN EMBEDDED DEVICE | 29 |
12 | Ching-Chuan Kuo | TW | Taipei | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160192456 - DRIVING CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT SOURCE | 28 |
13 | Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis | NL | Eindhoven | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220264732 - A METHOD AND A CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING A GROUP OF LIGHTING UNITS | 27 |
14 | William G. Reed | US | Seattle, WA | Jul 07, 2022 / 20220217827 - PHOTOCONTROLLER AND/OR LAMP WITH PHOTOCONTROLS TO CONTROL OPERATION OF LAMP | 26 |
15 | Jack C. Rains, Jr. | US | Herndon, VA | Dec 27, 2018 / 20180376243 - LIGHTING CENTRIC INDOOR LOCATION BASED SERVICE WITH SPEECH-BASED USER INTERFACE | 26 |
16 | Lorenzo Feri | NL | Eindhoven | Jun 09, 2016 / 20160161329 - DETECTING LIGHT | 26 |
17 | Robert C. Newman, Jr. | US | Emmaus, PA | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220286533 - Multiple Network Access Load Control Devices | 26 |
18 | Mark S. Taipale | US | Harleysville, PA | Jul 14, 2022 / 20220225482 - CONTROLLABLE LIGHTING DEVICE | 25 |
19 | Akinori Hiramatu | JP | Nara | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160113079 - LIGHT MODULATION CONTROL UNIT, ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, AND FACILITY APPARATUS | 25 |
20 | Frederick M. Espiau | US | Topanga, CA | Jul 11, 2013 / 20130175921 - ELECTRODELESS LAMPS WITH EXTERNALLY-GROUNDED PROBES AND IMPROVED BULB ASSEMBLIES | 24 |
21 | Lieyi Fang | CN | Shanghai | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294355 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING GATE VOLTAGE INCREASE ON PRIMARY SIDE TO REDUCE VOLTAGE SPIKE ON SECONDARY SIDE OF SWITCHING POWER SUPPLIES | 23 |
22 | Shigeru Ido | JP | Osaka | Feb 04, 2016 / 20160037594 - LIGHTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND LIGHT FIXTURE | 23 |
23 | David P. Ramer | US | Reston, VA | Oct 14, 2021 / 20210318168 - INDICATION OF ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT INTENSITY USING A LUMIPHORE | 23 |
24 | Tanuj Mohan | US | Mountain View, CA | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220272490 - SYSEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SENSORS | 22 |
25 | Noriyuki Kitamura | JP | Yokosuka-Shi | Dec 17, 2015 / 20150366016 - LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE | 22 |
26 | Wanfeng Zhang | US | Palo Alto, CA | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170048943 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIMMABLE LED DRIVER | 22 |
27 | Tai-Her Yang | TW | Dzan-Hwa | May 19, 2016 / 20160135640 - THERMAL CONDUCTION PRINCIPLE AND DEVICE FOR INTERCROSSED STRUCTURE HAVING DIFFERENT THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS | 21 |
28 | Scott D. Johnston | US | Boston, MA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299190 - LIGHTING FIXTURES AND METHODS OF COMMISSIONING LIGHTING FIXTURES | 21 |
29 | Dongsheng Zhou | US | San Jose, CA | Apr 19, 2018 / 20180110099 - APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AC LINE POWER TO LIGHTING DEVICES | 21 |
30 | Victor D. Roberts | US | Burnt Hills, NY | Dec 18, 2014 / 20140368109 - INDUCTION RF FLUORESCENT LAMP WITH PROCESSOR-BASED EXTERNAL DIMMER LOAD CONTROL | 21 |
31 | Paul Jungwirth | CA | Burnaby | Aug 20, 2020 / 20200263844 - WIRING BOARDS FOR ARRAY-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES | 21 |
32 | Tetsuo Terashima | JP | Chino-Shi | May 23, 2013 / 20130127368 - DRIVING METHOD FOR DISCHARGE LAMP, DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS | 21 |
33 | Shian-Sung Shiu | TW | New Taipei City | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160191049 - POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | 21 |
34 | David B. Levine | US | Pepper Pike, OH | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160105943 - GRID CONNECTED COORDINATED LIGHTING ADAPTER | 20 |
35 | Carsten Deppe | DE | Aachen | May 19, 2016 / 20160143105 - DRIVER DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING A LOAD, IN PARTICULAR AN LED UNIT | 20 |
36 | Masahiko Kamata | JP | Yokosuka-Shi | Feb 26, 2015 / 20150054414 - LUMINAIRE | 20 |
37 | John Ivey | US | Farmington Hills, MI | Jul 13, 2017 / 20170198868 - LED-Based Light with Addressed LEDS | 20 |
38 | Panasonic Corporation | JP | Osaka | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130205057 - EXCLUSIVE CONTROL METHOD OF RESOURCE AND EXCLUSIVE CONTROLLER OF RESOURCE | 20 |
39 | Haimin Tao | NL | Eindhoven | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220295621 - POWER REDUCTION FOR RADAR-BASED MOTION DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 20 |
40 | Eliza Katar Grove | US | Satellite Beach, FL | May 18, 2017 / 20170142801 - LUMINAIRE FOR USE IN A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING NON-HOMOGENOUS LIGHT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | 20 |
41 | Marc Devincentis | US | Palo Alto, CA | Oct 24, 2013 / 20130278140 - ELECTRODELESS PLASMA LAMP UTILIZING ACOUSTIC MODULATION | 20 |
42 | Yuancheng Ren | CN | Hangzhou | Apr 19, 2018 / 20180109191 - CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SWITCH POWER SUPPLY, AND SWITCH POWER SUPPLY | 20 |
43 | Venkatesh Chitta | US | Center Valley, PA | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220256669 - LOAD CONTROL DEVICE FOR A LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LIGHT SOURCE | 20 |
44 | Michael V. Recker | US | Gaithersburg, MD | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160105943 - GRID CONNECTED COORDINATED LIGHTING ADAPTER | 19 |
45 | Xiaoping Jin | US | Orange, CA | Jul 02, 2015 / 20150188440 - MULTIPLE OUTPUT SYNCHRONOUS POWER CONVERTER | 19 |
46 | Bradley M. Lehman | US | Belmont, MA | Oct 29, 2015 / 20150311808 - APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CASCADED POWER CONVERSION | 19 |
47 | Zdenko Grajcar | US | Crystal, MN | Dec 10, 2015 / 20150359049 - DRIVING CIRCUITRY FOR LED LIGHTING WITH REDUCED TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION | 19 |
48 | Brian J. Chemel | US | Marblehead, MA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299190 - LIGHTING FIXTURES AND METHODS OF COMMISSIONING LIGHTING FIXTURES | 19 |
49 | Ralph Kurt | NL | Eindhoven | May 05, 2016 / 20160128142 - DRIVER DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING A LOAD, IN PARTICULAR AN LED UNIT | 18 |
50 | Steve T. Kondo | US | Quincy, MA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299190 - LIGHTING FIXTURES AND METHODS OF COMMISSIONING LIGHTING FIXTURES | 18 |
51 | Petrus Johannes Maria Welten | NL | Oss | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150305122 - LED FIXTURE AND LED LIGHTING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING SUCH LED FIXTURE | 18 |
52 | Lowell L. Wood, Jr. | US | Bellevue, WA | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210381772 - TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED PORTABLE COOLING UNITS | 18 |
53 | Mehran Matloubian | US | Encino, CA | Dec 02, 2021 / 20210370084 - METHOD OF POLARIZATION CONTROL OF EVANESCENT WAVES FOR TREATING TUMORS | 18 |
54 | Naixing Kuang | CN | Hangzhou | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160190945 - RESONANT CONVERTER WITH CAPACITIVE MODE DETECTION AND ASSOCIATED DETECTION METHOD | 18 |
55 | Sana Esaki | JP | Osaka | Sep 03, 2015 / 20150250034 - LIGHTING APPARATUS AND LIGHTING FIXTURE USING SAME | 18 |
56 | Roderick A. Hyde | US | Redmond, WA | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200090805 - MONITORING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE USING PATIENT ACTIVITY PATTERNS | 18 |
57 | Matthew Regan | US | Melbourne, FL | May 18, 2017 / 20170142801 - LUMINAIRE FOR USE IN A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING NON-HOMOGENOUS LIGHT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | 18 |
58 | Colin Piepgras | US | Swampscott, MA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299190 - LIGHTING FIXTURES AND METHODS OF COMMISSIONING LIGHTING FIXTURES | 18 |
59 | Kengo Kimura | JP | Niiza-Shi | Aug 21, 2014 / 20140233273 - SWITCHING POWER SOURCE DEVICE AND CONTROL IC WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING CONSTANT POWER CONTROL | 18 |
60 | Nitin Kumar | US | Burlington, MA | Dec 18, 2014 / 20140368120 - BALLAST WITH ANTI-STRIATION CIRCUIT | 18 |
61 | Takeshi Kamoi | JP | Kyoto | May 26, 2016 / 20160150611 - LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIGHTING FIXTURE USING SAME | 17 |
62 | Naoko Iwai | JP | Yokosuka-Shi | Apr 02, 2015 / 20150091461 - Power Supply Device and Lighting Device | 17 |
63 | Gregory Campbell | US | Walpole, MA | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170171947 - POWERLINE COMMUNICATION CONTROL OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) LIGHTING FIXTURES | 17 |
64 | Li-Min Lee | TW | New Taipei City | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160191049 - POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | 17 |
65 | Gian Hoogzaad | NL | Mook | May 07, 2015 / 20150123732 - RF AMPLIFIER | 17 |
66 | Shashank Bakre | US | Woburn, MA | Jan 02, 2014 / 20140001971 - DIM MODE START FOR ELECTRODELESS LAMP BALLAST | 17 |
67 | Chin-Long Ku | TW | Tu-Cheng | Apr 05, 2012 / 20120081040 - LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT | 17 |
68 | Horst Knoedgen | DE | Munich | Jun 17, 2021 / 20210184568 - Power Converter with a High Conversion Ratio | 17 |
69 | Kentaro Yamauchi | JP | Ashiya-Shi | Oct 04, 2012 / 20120249011 - LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISCHARGE LAMP | 17 |
70 | Oliver Heid | DE | Erlangen | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160189910 - METAL-JET X-RAY TUBE | 16 |
71 | Jordin T. Kare | US | Seattle, WA | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160188929 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING A USER ENVIRONMENT AND EVALUATING DATA OF INTEREST | 16 |
72 | Hiroshi Kido | JP | Osaka | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160113079 - LIGHT MODULATION CONTROL UNIT, ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, AND FACILITY APPARATUS | 16 |
73 | Ronald J. Lenk | US | Woodstock, GA | Jan 28, 2016 / 20160029445 - UNIVERSAL INPUT LED DRIVER | 16 |
74 | Timothy Chen | US | Aurora, OH | Jun 09, 2016 / 20160165439 - Dynamic Configuration for a Wireless Peripheral Device | 16 |
75 | Gi-Cherl Kim | KR | Yongin-Si | Sep 26, 2013 / 20130250210 - BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME | 16 |
76 | Bernd Rudolph | DE | Forstern | Jul 09, 2015 / 20150195884 - LIGHT ENGINE MODULE, RELATED POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND LIGHTING SYSTEM | 16 |
77 | Gerald Edward Briggs | CA | Ottawa | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170265266 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHTING MODULE BASED ON A CONSTANT CURRENT LEVEL FROM A POWER SOURCE | 16 |
78 | Wei Chen | US | Saratoga, CA | Jul 07, 2022 / 20220213106 - Inhibitors of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase | 15 |
79 | Marc Saes | NL | Eindhoven | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220263574 - LED DRIVER FOR VLC | 15 |
80 | Deuk Hee Park | KR | Suwon | Apr 30, 2015 / 20150115821 - LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | 15 |
81 | Michael A. Tischler | CA | Vancouver | Jan 13, 2022 / 20220015206 - LIGHTING SYSTEMS INCORPORATING CONNECTIONS FOR SIGNAL AND POWER TRANSMISSION | 15 |
82 | Kartik Ramaswamy | US | San Jose, CA | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293397 - SUBSTRATE EDGE RING THAT EXTENDS PROCESS ENVIRONMENT BEYOND SUBSTRATE DIAMETER | 15 |
83 | Matthias Wendt | DE | Wuerselen | Jun 01, 2017 / 20170153012 - COMPUTER-CONTROLLED LIGHTING SYSTEM | 15 |
84 | Louis Robert Nerone | US | Brecksville, OH | Apr 17, 2014 / 20140103820 - Boost Converter of Driver Circuit With Thermal Compensation | 15 |
85 | Richard K. Williams | US | Cupertino, CA | Jan 14, 2021 / 20210014939 - Methods And Apparatus For HyperSecure Last Mile Communication | 15 |
86 | Andreas Kloss | DE | Neubiberg | Apr 19, 2018 / 20180106432 - Lighting means comprising LEDs | 15 |
87 | Hiroshi Terasaka | JP | Yokosuka-Shi | Jun 12, 2014 / 20140159591 - Direct-Current Power Supply Device and Lighting Apparatus | 15 |
88 | Chung-Che Yu | TW | New Taipei City | Jun 05, 2014 / 20140152274 - CONTROLLER WITH PROTECTION FUNCTION | 15 |
89 | Chun-Kuang Chen | TW | Taipei City | Apr 16, 2015 / 20150102727 - LED DRIVER CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF EXTENDING A LIFESPAN OF THE LED DRIVER AND REDUCING MANUFACTURING COST | 15 |
90 | James P. Steiner | US | Royersford, PA | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220292835 - LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING A VISIBLE LIGHT SENSOR | 15 |
91 | Lei Du | CN | Hangzhou | Mar 08, 2012 / 20120056552 - MULTI-MODE DIMMING CIRCUIT | 14 |
92 | Takuro Hiramatsu | JP | Yokosuka-Shi | Sep 03, 2015 / 20150250040 - POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | 14 |
93 | Antony P. Van De Ven | HK | Sai Kung | Oct 23, 2014 / 20140312791 - SOLID-STATE LIGHTING APPARATUS AND METHODS USING ENERGY STORAGE | 14 |
94 | Masayasu Ito | JP | Shizuoka | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190004150 - IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE HAVING IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE OR CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE ACQUIRING METHOD FOR VEHICLE | 14 |
95 | Kevin D'Angelo | US | Santa Clara, CA | Nov 20, 2014 / 20140340063 - INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUCTIVE BOOST CONVERTER | 14 |
96 | Walter Peter Lapatovich | US | Boxford, MA | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200090922 - FAST START DIMMABLE RF INDUCTION LAMP | 14 |
97 | Joseph P. Chobot | US | Morrisville, NC | Feb 19, 2015 / 20150048758 - HANDHELD DEVICE FOR GROUPING A PLURALITY OF LIGHTING FIXTURES | 14 |
98 | Eric J. King | US | Dripping Springs, TX | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170179895 - POWER STAGE WITH SWITCHED MODE AMPLIFIER AND LINEAR AMPLIFIER | 14 |
99 | Joel S. Spira | US | Coopersburg, PA | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170179762 - Load Control System Having Independently-Controlled Units Responsive To A Broadcast Controller | 14 |
100 | Weiqiang Zhang | CN | Shanghai | Dec 10, 2015 / 20150357935 - TNPC INVERTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SHORT-CIRCUIT THEREOF | 14 |