Patent Disclosures, Applications, & Awards
As of 2010 02 03
(awards in bold, active inventions in itallic)
(with resulting contract award, or publication)
1. Device for Producing Simultaneous Breakdown in Multiple Gas Discharge Channels, July 1978, (for Multi-Laser Combination Demonstrator).
2. Apparatus for Generating Temporally Shaped Laser Pulses, #4,330,721, May 18, 1982.
3. Laser Annealing of Semiconductors, May 1979, (published Physica Status Solidi).
In 1981 and 1982, 6 patent disclosures were written and applications were submitted.
Two were granted and are no longer under secrecy order. They are:
4. Ring Laser Gyro Bypass with Auxiliary Discharge, #5,331,660, Jul. 1994.
5. Gas Bypass for Bias Reduction in Laser Gyroscopes, #5,341,208, Aug. 1994, (incorporated in Rockwell RLG Design).
10. Pentagonal Ring Laser Gyroscope, #4,705,398 Nov. 1987, (incorporated in Northrop design).
11. Flash-pump Device, Nov. 1987.
12. High Power Flashlamp, Nov. 1987.
13. Low Cost Ring Laser Gyro, Nov. 1987.
14. Ground Based Laser Receiver Laser Transmitter, April 1988.
15. Multi-buffer Light Weighted Excimer Laser, May 1988 (Navy Highlite contract).
16. Tunable Solar Blind Low Probability of Intercept Communications, June 1988.
17. Light Concentrator for Underwater Cesium Receiver, July 1988.
18. Solar Pumped Strategic Laser Communication Systems, August 1988.
19. Detection and Imaging of Underwater Objects, September 1988.
20. Multi-crystal Hybrid Solid State Laser, with V. Laul, J. Pierce & R. Blair, Feb. 1990, (incorporated in General Dynamics and Xybion Electronic Systems laser designs).
21. Heat-Pipe Heaters and Coolers for Cesium Atomic Resonance Filters and Detectors, July 1990.
22. Laser Beam Projector, Oct. 1991 (continuing area of work/investigation, see 30).
23. Method for Separating Cathode Ray Tube Funnel and Panel Glass and Other Glass Media Fused with Frit. May 1992 (application completed but not submitted, used in commercial equipment).
24. Multi-Wavelength UV Fluorescence and Hyper-spectral Imaging Method, 1992.
25. Suppression of Ion After-pulse in Digicons, Sept. 1993.
26. CRT Recycling Machine, Oct. 1993 (used in commercial equipment)..
27. Surface Treatment and Visualization System, Feb 1995.
28. Hybrid Laser Treatment System, Feb 1995.
29. Hybrid System for Photo-dynamic Therapy, Feb 1995.
30. Laser Beam Profile Improvement using Rubber Mirrors, Aug. 1995 (see 51).
31. Fiber Light Collection Device for illuminator Efficiency Improvement, 1997.
32. Method for Improving the Longitudinal Uniformity of Side-light Emitting Fibers, 1997.
33. Ground/Space Retro-communications System, March 1997.
34. Hybrid Ground/Space Retro-communications and LADAR System, March 1997.
35. Retro-reflector for Improving Detection Range of Intrusion Sensor, July 1999.
36. Underwater Communications between Submarines and other Vehicles, Aug. 1999.
37. Drug Use Detection System, Aug 1999.
38. Fiber Optic Light and Communications System, (Application) July 2000 see #78.
39. Hybridized Hybrid Lasers, December 2000.
40. Compact Green Laser Illuminator Source, January 2002.
41. Advanced Multi-Spectral Camera System February 2002.
42. Vehicle Hazard Avoidance System, February 2002.
43. Short-Wave Intrusion Detection System, February 2002.
44. Long-Wave Buried Mine Detection System, February 2002.
45. Diode Pumped Hybrid Laser, February 2002.
46. Food Inspection/Disinfection System, February 2002.
47. Ultraviolet Fluid Disinfection System and Method #6,447,720 Sept. 10, 2002 WO/2002/009774 International Patent Application PCT/US2001/02397
48. Free-Space Optical Communication System using Quantum Well IR Photo-detectors and Emitters, February 2002.
49. Multi-wavelength Light Projectors for Control of Hostilities June 2002, (NIOJ Grant).
50. Compact, Rugged, Passively-cooled Laser, August 2002 (with JW Pierce).
51. Dynamically Reconfigurable Laser Beam Projector, August 2004.
52. Kaleidoscopic Laser Beam Modulator, Feb 2005 (ongoing work).
53. Eyesafe Laser Beam Power Transmission using Long Wave IR, June 2003.
54. Eyesafe Laser Beam Power Transmission using Short Wave IR, August 2003.
55. Eyesafe Laser Power Transmission Non-Imaging Beam Collector, October 2003.
57. Space, Aircraft, and Submersible Communications Architecture, Oct 1999.
JPHPS IP
58. Intelligent Laser Dazzler March 2005 (invented prior to SARA employment JPHPS IP novated to SARA that we brought into service on “Multi-Wavelength Dazzler” NIOJ contract, and see Patent 79).
59. Target Reflected Energy Measurement System based on Multiple Sensor Channels. (Invented prior to DETEC TREM award April-May 2005).
60. Road Edge Sensor System using Acoustic and Optical Distance Sensors. (Invented while working on the Road Edge SBIR proposal SARA).
61. Design Algorithm for Multi-Wavelength Dazzlers, 22 Oct 2005.
62. Solid State Laser (LADAR) for AF Recon Mission using a Dynamically Reconfigurable Beam Profiling Projector, 26 Oct 2005.
63. Laser Eye Protection Tester, 3 Nov 2005 ( w. Dave Edrich).
64. Blue-Green Lasers for UnderWater Communications, 4 Nov 2005 ( based on invention #40 held by JPHPS and JPI).
65. Surveillance System to Find and Blind (temporarily) Intruders, 5 Nov 2005 (based on invention #’s 49, and 61).
66. Remote Personnel Assessment, 6 Nov 2005 (AFRL SBIR).
67. Jitter Control of Laser Beam Pointing and Tracking (w. Jacques Ludman, un-recorded work).
68. Laser System Architecture, March 2006 (Multi-Wavelength Illuminator SARA Patent see #79).
69. Multi-Wavelength LADAR for 3D Imaging, Nov 05.
70. Unambiguous Warning System, Feb 06.
71. EMP Reduction using Fiber Optics for Power Transfer, March 06 (SR0X Contract).
72. Method for Improving Probability of Detection of Hazardous Substances,, March 06.
73. Sensor Grid for Surveying Clouds Feb 06.
74. Retro-modulator using Micro-Electro-Mechanical Mirrors and Power Transfer, March 06 (ARO-STTR).
75. Method for Remote Detection of Buried Objects using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Fiber-Optic Probe May 2006 (ARO SBIR).
76. Blue-Green Solid State Laser with Modulated Output w. S. Hamadani ,Jan 2007 (SBIR proposal).
77. White-light, Kaleidoscopic Dazzler (in process).
78. Fiber Optic Light and Communication System International Patent WO/2002/101957
Application PCT/US2001/01886.
79. Laser System Architecture and Method of Using the Same 2009 01 27 #7,483,454.
80. Eye Retro-Reflection Detection System (SafeSpot 2008).
81. Advanced Fast Steering Mirror (with beam profiling projector 2009).
82. MgARF for Submarine Communications (2009).
83. Sniper Finder, 2008-9.
84. Forward/Side-Looking Laser IED Identifications System (FSLIDS 2009).
85. Dual-Laser Induced Thermal Emission Spectroscopy System (D-LITES 2009).
86. SuperContinuum Generation for MWIR & EO/IRCM (2009).
87. Versatile Substance Identification (VSID - 2009).
88. RetroComm for IFF (2009).
89. Remote Sound Detection using Micro-Doppler LIDAR (2009).
90. (holding place for several other inventions), following are some AR IP.
91. Non-Intrusive Diagnostics for Body Fat Determination that outperforms Body Mass Index (2009).
92. Fiber-Optic Delivery of Sensitizer and Laser Energy (2009).
93. Diagnostic System with Fiber-Optic Delivery of Sensitizer & Laser Energy & for Collection of Spectral Data (2009).
94. Therapeutic System with Fiber-Optic Delivery of Sensitizer and Laser Energy and Imaging (2009).
94. Imaging in 3D using Femtosecond Laser Beams and Second Harmonic Generation (2009).
95. Characterizing Tissue Structure by Measuring the Fractal Dimension (2009).
96. Using Heat-pipes for Facility and Industrial Process Cooling (2009).
97. HotSpot- a Terrorist Dissuader based on Boiling Water on the Skin (2009)
98. Air Purifier for Confined Spaces (2009).
99. Method for Producing Graphene (2010).
100. High Resolution Lithographic Method and Example Designs (2010).
101. Dazzling Technique using Optical Opponency (2010).
Italic means submitted by AR as SR’s for patent consideration.