Inventor · disambiguated record
Nicholas C. Harris
Also filed as: HARRIS NICHOLAS · HARRIS NICHOLAS C · Harris Nicholas Christopher
65 granted patents·28 pending applications·691 citations·filing 2015–2025
99Inventor score
Files withLIGHTMATTER INC81MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY9LIGHMATTER INC1MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC1MOWER JACOB C1
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
93 records- 0198US11860413B2Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 2, 2024·12 cites·8 claims
- 0298US11754783B2Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 12, 2023·13 cites·16 claims
- 0398US11398871B2Systems and methods for analog computing using a linear photonic processorLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 26, 2022·22 cites·20 claims
- 0498US11218227B2Photonic processing systems and methodsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 4, 2022·10 cites·13 claims
- 0598US11093215B2Linear photonic processors and related methodsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 17, 2021·14 cites·14 claims
- 0698US11036002B2Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 15, 2021·38 cites·30 claims
- 0798US10359272B2Programmable photonic processingMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 23, 2019·70 cites·20 claims
- 0898US9791258B2Methods, systems, and apparatus for programmable quantum photonic processingMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 17, 2017·81 cites·21 claims
- 0997US12038604B2Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 16, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 1097US11700078B2Systems and methods for utilizing photonic degrees of freedom in a photonic processorLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 11, 2023·4 cites·19 claims
- 1197US11609742B2Linear photonic processors and related methodsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 21, 2023·4 cites·11 claims
- 1297US11475367B2Systems and methods for training matrix-based differentiable programsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 18, 2022·17 cites·27 claims
- 1397US10768659B2Apparatus and methods for optical neural networkMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 8, 2020·34 cites·32 claims
- 1497US10763974B2Photonic processing systems and methodsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 1, 2020·28 cites·22 claims
- 1597US10268232B2Apparatus and methods for optical neural networkMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 23, 2019·100 cites·34 claims
- 1696US12092866B2Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 17, 2024·1 cites·18 claims
- 1796US11768662B1Linear photonic processors and related methodsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 26, 2023·3 cites·22 claims
- 1896US11334107B2Apparatus and methods for optical neural networkMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2020·Granted May 17, 2022·7 cites·33 claims
- 1996US10158481B2Apparatus and methods for quantum key distributionMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 18, 2018·26 cites·20 claims
- 2095US11494541B2Pin sharing for photonic processorsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 8, 2022·3 cites·27 claims
- 2195US11409045B2Photonics stabilization circuitryLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 9, 2022·6 cites·27 claims
- 2295US11256029B2Photonics packaging method and deviceLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 22, 2022·15 cites·11 claims
- 2395US10619993B2Programmable photonic processingMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 14, 2020·8 cites·23 claims
- 2495US9354039B2Methods, systems, and apparatus for programmable quantum photonic processingMOWER JACOB C·Filed 2015·Granted May 31, 2016·100 cites·22 claims
- 2594US11169780B2Linear photonic processors and related methodsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 9, 2021·3 cites·19 claims
- 2694US10608663B2Real-number photonic encodingLIGHMATTER INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 31, 2020·34 cites·29 claims
- 2792US12244354B2Systems and methods for analog computing using a linear photonic processorLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2024·Granted Mar 4, 2025·1 cites·20 claims
- 2892US2025341675A1Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2991US11936434B2Systems and methods for analog computing using a linear photonic processorLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 19, 2024·1 cites·18 claims
- 3091US11836466B2Residue number system in a photonic matrix acceleratorLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 5, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 3191US10740693B2Systems and methods for training matrix-based differentiable programsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 11, 2020·9 cites·27 claims
- 3290US12332479B2Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2024·Granted Jun 17, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3390US12237871B2Photonic communication platform and related methods for increasing yieldLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2023·Granted Feb 25, 2025·1 cites·15 claims
- 3489US11367711B2Optically interfaced stacked memories and related methods and systemsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 21, 2022·5 cites·29 claims
- 3589US11237454B2Scalable feedback control of single-photon sources for photonic quantum technologiesMASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 1, 2022·5 cites·17 claims
- 3689US11196395B2Optical differential low-noise receivers and related methodsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 7, 2021·6 cites·13 claims
- 3788US12092867B2Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 17, 2024·0 cites·8 claims
- 3888US11686902B2Photonics stabilization circuitryLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 27, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 3988US2025284055A1Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4087US12124082B2Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 22, 2024·0 cites·14 claims
- 4187US12124081B2Photonic communication platformLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 22, 2024·0 cites·24 claims
- 4286US2025337504A1Photonic communication platform and related architectures, systems and methodsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4386US2025358015A1Photonic communication platform and related circuitsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4486US2025358016A1Photonic communication platform and related circuitsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4585US12314076B2Fast prediction processorLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2024·Granted May 27, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 4685US2025062833A1Photonic processing systems and methodsLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4784US2025258514A1Fast prediction processorLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4883US11860666B2Matrix multiplication using optical processingLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 2, 2024·2 cites·40 claims
- 4983US2025337215A1Fiber-coupled laser light sourceLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 5081US2025068206A1Matrix multiplication using optical processingLIGHTMATTER INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
Showing the top 50 of 93 patent records by PatentIndex Score.
Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
Get an alert when Nicholas C. Harris files or is granted a new patent.
We store only your email — no account needed. See our privacy policy.
Identity basis: PatentsView inventor disambiguation (2025Q4-odp release). How scoring works →