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Kevin L. Lear
Also filed as: LEAR KEVIN · LEAR KEVIN L
27 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,560 citations·filing 1991–2021
97Inventor score
Files withUNIV COLORADO STATE RES FOUND7SANDIA CORP6TRILUMINA CORP5LUMENTUM OPERATIONS LLC4CAMPBELL VICKI L1
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29 records- 0198US5568499AOptical device with low electrical and thermal resistance bragg reflectorsSANDIA CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 22, 1996·215 cites·34 claims
- 0298US5493577AEfficient semiconductor light-emitting device and methodSANDIA CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 20, 1996·416 cites·46 claims
- 0397US9065239B2Multibeam array of top emitting VCSEL elementsTRILUMINA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 23, 2015·31 cites·32 claims
- 0497US8995493B2Microlenses for multibeam arrays of optoelectronic devices for high frequency operationTRILUMINA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 31, 2015·42 cites·68 claims
- 0597US5625636AIntegration of photoactive and electroactive components with vertical cavity surface emitting lasersFiled 1991·Granted Apr 29, 1997·164 cites·60 claims
- 0695US5633527AUnitary lens semiconductor deviceSANDIA CORP·Filed 1995·Granted May 27, 1997·292 cites·50 claims
- 0794US11405105B2System for optical free-space transmission of a string of binary dataLUMENTUM OPERATIONS LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 2, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 0893US9857299B2Hydrocarbon sensing methods and apparatusUNIV COLORADO STATE RES FOUND·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 2, 2018·12 cites·9 claims
- 0992US8995485B2High brightness pulsed VCSEL sourcesTRILUMINA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 31, 2015·39 cites·18 claims
- 1091US11075695B2Eye-safe optical laser systemLUMENTUM OPERATIONS LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 27, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 1191US9739709B2Hydrocarbon sensing methods and apparatusUNIV COLORADO STATE RES FOUND·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 22, 2017·13 cites·17 claims
- 1291US8349605B1Optical analyte sensorUNIV COLORADO STATE RES FOUND·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 8, 2013·23 cites·24 claims
- 1390US10615871B2High speed free-space optical communicationsTRILUMINA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 7, 2020·4 cites·18 claims
- 1490US5903590AVertical-cavity surface-emitting laser deviceSANDIA CORP·Filed 1996·Granted May 11, 1999·111 cites·42 claims
- 1587US8455844B2System and method for time-division multiplexed optical sensing of biosensorsLEAR KEVIN L·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 4, 2013·15 cites·26 claims
- 1686US5726462ASemiconductor structures having electrically insulating and conducting portions formed from an AlSb-alloy layerSANDIA CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 10, 1998·97 cites·52 claims
- 1785US11121770B2Optical laser deviceLUMENTUM OPERATIONS LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 14, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 1885US10938476B2System for optical free-space transmission of a string of binary dataLUMENTUM OPERATIONS LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 2, 2021·1 cites·5 claims
- 1982US6645848B2Method of improving the fabrication of etched semiconductor devicesEMCORE CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 11, 2003·20 cites·16 claims
- 2080US9176059B2Optical analyte sensorUNIV COLORADO STATE RES FOUND·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 3, 2015·3 cites·10 claims
- 2177US8830068B2Multi-sensor environmental and physiological monitor system and methods of useCAMPBELL VICKI L·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 9, 2014·25 cites·18 claims
- 2276US9232592B2Addressable illuminator with eye-safety circuitryTRILUMINA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 5, 2016·3 cites·25 claims
- 2361US10175168B2Hydrocarbon sensing methods and apparatusUNIV COLORADO STATE RES FOUND·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 8, 2019·0 cites·3 claims
- 2459US9891167B2Optical analyte sensorUNIV COLORADO STATE RES FOUND·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 13, 2018·0 cites·10 claims
- 2554US2013223846A1High speed free-space optical communicationsJOSEPH JOHN R·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 2651US5397739AMethod for accurate growth of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasersSANDIA CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 14, 1995·21 cites·19 claims
- 2749US5379719AMethod of deposition by molecular beam epitaxySANDIA NATIONAL LAB·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 10, 1995·8 cites·21 claims
- 2841US9671334B2Multi-analyte optical sensorUNIV COLORADO STATE RES FOUND·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 6, 2017·0 cites·17 claims
- 2940US2011279903A1Optical beam bundle combiner for multiple laser arraysWIEDEMANN RUDOLF A·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
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