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John C. Bortz
Also filed as: BORTZ JOHN C
29 granted patents·2 pending applications·232 citations·filing 1996–2018
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31 records- 0199US9654222B1Transmitters for optical narrowcastingSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Granted May 16, 2017·68 cites·30 claims
- 0297US10250948B1Social media with optical narrowcastingARON SUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 2, 2019·46 cites·25 claims
- 0397US9755740B2Receivers for optical narrowcastingSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 5, 2017·14 cites·26 claims
- 0496US9853740B1Adaptive communications focal plane arraySUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 26, 2017·13 cites·24 claims
- 0596US9742492B2Systems and methods for ad-hoc networking in an optical narrowcasting systemSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 22, 2017·11 cites·22 claims
- 0695US10523907B2Systems and methods for filtering and presenting optical beacons or signalsARON SUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 31, 2019·8 cites·20 claims
- 0794US9917643B2Receivers for optical narrowcastingSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 13, 2018·6 cites·29 claims
- 0892US10236986B1Systems and methods for tiling free space optical transmissionsARON SUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 19, 2019·10 cites·30 claims
- 0991US9871588B2Systems and methods for tiling optically narrowcast signalsSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 16, 2018·4 cites·24 claims
- 1089US9800791B2Graphical user interface systems and methods for optical narrowcastingSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 24, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 1189US9747503B2Optical narrowcasting augmented realitySUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 29, 2017·3 cites·24 claims
- 1288US9912412B2Transmitters for optical narrowcastingSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 6, 2018·3 cites·26 claims
- 1382US9618827B2Illumination device for performing videography and photography with mobile devicesSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 11, 2017·5 cites·28 claims
- 1481US8033690B1Light assembly for flashlightsSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 11, 2011·10 cites·23 claims
- 1579US9917652B1Adaptive communications focal plane arraySUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 13, 2018·2 cites·26 claims
- 1678US9793989B2Systems and methods for ad-hoc networking in an optical narrowcasting systemSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 17, 2017·1 cites·30 claims
- 1778US9749600B2Systems and methods for enhancing media with optically narrowcast contentSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 29, 2017·1 cites·8 claims
- 1868US10473439B2Gaming systems and methods using optical narrowcastingARON SUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 12, 2019·1 cites·17 claims
- 1964US8727576B1Light assembly for flashlightsSHATZ NARKIS E·Filed 2011·Granted May 20, 2014·2 cites·29 claims
- 2063US10097798B2Systems and methods for enhancing media with optically narrowcast contentSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 9, 2018·0 cites·10 claims
- 2163US9967469B2Graphical user interface systems and methods for optical narrowcastingSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 8, 2018·0 cites·30 claims
- 2262US9912406B2Systems and methods for tiling optically narrowcast signalsSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 6, 2018·0 cites·8 claims
- 2360US8840277B1Light assembly for flashlightsSHATZ NARKIS E·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 23, 2014·1 cites·48 claims
- 2460US8714782B1Light assembly for flashlightsSHATZ NARKIS E·Filed 2011·Granted May 6, 2014·1 cites·45 claims
- 2559US8007156B1Light assembly for flashlightsSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 30, 2011·2 cites·22 claims
- 2657US10374724B2Adaptive communications focal plane arrayARON SUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 6, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 2756US9929815B1Adaptive communications focal plane arraySUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 27, 2018·0 cites·16 claims
- 2845US6097556AIrradiance redistribution guideSCIENCE APPLIC INT CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 1, 2000·10 cites·12 claims
- 2941US6331061B1Irradiance redistribution guideSCIENCE APPLIC INT CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 18, 2001·7 cites·10 claims
- 3041US2016209001A1Reflective non-paraboloidal beam-shaping opticsSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3137US2016209025A1Lighting device attachment for mobile devicesSUREFIRE LLC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
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