Patents

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Optically Addressable Light Valves for High Power Operation

Bikramjit Chatterjee, Lars F. Voss, Clint Frye
U.S. Patent 12,523,902 B2
January 13, 2026

Attack Detection and Countermeasure Identification System

Jean-Paul Watson, Alyson Lindsey Fox, Sarah Camille Mousley Mackay, Wayne Bradford Mitchell, Matthew Landen, Key-Whan Chung, Elizabeth Diane Reed
U.S. Patent 12,524,530 B2
January 13, 2026

Laser Gain Media Fabricated via Direct Ink Writing and Ceramic Processing

Stephen A. Payne, Nerine J. Cherepy, Eric B. Duoss, Ivy Krystal Jones, Zachary M. Seeley, Cheng Zhu
U.S. Patent 12,525,762 B2
January 13, 2026

Power Grid Protection

Stephen E. Sampayan, Kristin C. Sampayan
U. S. Patent 12,525,789 B2
January 13, 2026

Electrical Sensing, Tracking, and Actuation of Droplets

Nicholas Watkins, N. Reginald Beer, Melinda Simon
U.S. Patent 12,528,080 B2
January 20, 2026

Directionally Dependent Optical Features Apparatus and Method

Anna M. Hiszpanski, Joshua D. Kuntz, Eric Meshot, Kerry G. Krauter, Elaine Lee, Andrew J. Pascall, Marcus A. Worsley
U.S. Patent 12,529,831 B2
January 20, 2026

Photoconductive Charge Trapping Apparatus

Stephen E. Sampayan, Paulius Vytautas Grivickas, Kristin C. Sampayan
U.S. Patent 12,529,970 B2
January 20, 2026

Identification of a Characteristic of a Physical System Based on Collaborative Sensor Networks

Ryan Alan Goldhahn, Priyadip Ray, Braden C. Soper, Hao Chen, Deepak Rajan
U.S. Patent 12,530,595 B2
January 20, 2026

Multifaceted Radiation Detection and Classification System

Simon E. Labov, Karl E. Nelson, Brandon S. Seilhan
U.S. Patent 12,535,615 B2
January 27, 2026

Sample Cell for Optical Analysis

Michael C. Rushford, Brian Bauman, Tiziana C. Bond, Matthew Medd Roberts
U.S. Patent 12,535,666 B2
January 27, 2026