Gary D. Sharp

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Boulder, CO, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Broadband polarization rotator and optical switch
- Patent number 12,248,204
- Issue date Mar 11, 2025
- Meta Platform Technologies, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Wide field-of-view polarization switches with liquid crystal optica...
- Patent number 12,072,596
- Issue date Aug 27, 2024
- Magic Leap, Inc.
- Chulwoo Oh
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Compact polarization-based multi-pass optical architectures
- Patent number 11,740,536
- Issue date Aug 29, 2023
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Polarization folded path device with complementary angle filtering
- Patent number 11,740,481
- Issue date Aug 29, 2023
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Anthony D. McGettigan
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Optical filter with color enhancement
- Patent number 11,740,489
- Issue date Aug 29, 2023
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Wide-angle compensation of uniaxial retarder stacks
- Patent number 11,703,623
- Issue date Jul 18, 2023
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Polarization-based filters with angle-sensitive transmission having...
- Patent number 11,703,622
- Issue date Jul 18, 2023
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Equipment and processes for precision fabrication of solvent-lamina...
- Patent number 11,628,655
- Issue date Apr 18, 2023
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Gary D Sharp
- B32 - LAYERED PRODUCTS
Information Patent Grant
Polarization compensator for tilted surfaces
- Patent number 11,573,360
- Issue date Feb 7, 2023
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Wide angle variable neutral density filter
- Patent number 11,543,669
- Issue date Jan 3, 2023
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Wide field-of-view polarization switches with liquid crystal optica...
- Patent number 11,531,244
- Issue date Dec 20, 2022
- Magic Leap, Inc.
- Chulwoo Oh
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Retarder stack pairs for polarization basis vector transformations
- Patent number 11,320,665
- Issue date May 3, 2022
- GARY SHARP INNOVATNONS, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Wide-angle compensation of uniaxial retarder stacks
- Patent number 11,294,113
- Issue date Apr 5, 2022
- GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Hollow triple-pass optical elements
- Patent number 11,269,123
- Issue date Mar 8, 2022
- GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Color switch for reduced color cross-talk
- Patent number 11,249,355
- Issue date Feb 15, 2022
- GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Reverse-order crossed pancake lens with azimuthal compensation
- Patent number 11,226,482
- Issue date Jan 18, 2022
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Gary Dean Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Reverse-order crossed pancake lens with a shaped polarizer
- Patent number 11,226,483
- Issue date Jan 18, 2022
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Gary Dean Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Polarization conversion systems for stereoscopic projection
- Patent number 11,143,948
- Issue date Oct 12, 2021
- RealD Inc.
- Miller H. Schuck
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Head mounted display including a reverse-order crossed pancake lens
- Patent number 11,112,601
- Issue date Sep 7, 2021
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Gary Dean Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Reverse-order crossed pancake lens with index gradient structure
- Patent number 11,002,955
- Issue date May 11, 2021
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Gary Dean Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Chromatic polarization filtering that is input specific
- Patent number 10,895,675
- Issue date Jan 19, 2021
- GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
Information Patent Grant
Method, computer program product and apparatus for providing a buil...
- Patent number 10,891,405
- Issue date Jan 12, 2021
- Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Steven Eugene Bumbalough
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Tunable color enhancement filter
- Patent number 10,866,429
- Issue date Dec 15, 2020
- GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Self-compensating liquid crystal retardation switch
- Patent number 10,739,651
- Issue date Aug 11, 2020
- GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
3D projection system
- Patent number 10,739,611
- Issue date Aug 11, 2020
- RealD Inc.
- Miller H. Schuck
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Multi-primary backlight for multi-functional active-matrix liquid c...
- Patent number 10,614,767
- Issue date Apr 7, 2020
- RealD Inc.
- Miller H. Schuck
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Optical filter with color enhancement
- Patent number 10,502,981
- Issue date Dec 10, 2019
- GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Method, computer program product and apparatus for providing a buil...
- Patent number 10,402,506
- Issue date Sep 3, 2019
- Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
- Steven Eugene Bumbalough
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method of manufacturing directional backlight apparatus and directi...
- Patent number 10,393,946
- Issue date Aug 27, 2019
- RealD Spark, LLC
- Michael G. Robinson
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Polarization conversion system and method for projecting polarizati...
- Patent number 10,203,511
- Issue date Feb 12, 2019
- RealD Inc.
- Miller H. Schuck
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW POLARIZATION SWITCHES WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICA...
- Publication number 20240369892
- Publication date Nov 7, 2024
- Magic Leap, Inc.
- Chulwoo Oh
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
POLARIZATION GRATINGS HAVING LARGE DIFFRACTION ANGLE, HIGH EFFICIEN...
- Publication number 20240272339
- Publication date Aug 15, 2024
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Sawyer MILLER
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
GRADIENT-INDEX LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS SYSTEM INCLUDING GUEST-HOST LIQU...
- Publication number 20240231162
- Publication date Jul 11, 2024
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Weihua Gao
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
METHODS OF MANUFACTURE FOR PANCAKE OPTICS
- Publication number 20240111157
- Publication date Apr 4, 2024
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Brent Bollman
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW POLARIZATION SWITCHES WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICA...
- Publication number 20230084882
- Publication date Mar 16, 2023
- Magic Leap, Inc.
- Chulwoo Oh
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
HOLLOW TRIPLE-PASS OPTICAL ELEMENTS
- Publication number 20220317354
- Publication date Oct 6, 2022
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
RETARDER STACK PAIRS FOR POLARIZATION BASIS VECTOR TRANSFORMATIONS
- Publication number 20220260845
- Publication date Aug 18, 2022
- GARY SHARP INNOVATIONS, INC.
- Gary D Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
WIDE-ANGLE COMPENSATION OF UNIAXIAL RETARDER STACKS
- Publication number 20220196899
- Publication date Jun 23, 2022
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES FOR PRECISION FABRICATION OF SOLVENT-LAMINA...
- Publication number 20210394498
- Publication date Dec 23, 2021
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- Gary D Sharp
- B32 - LAYERED PRODUCTS
Information Patent Application
Preserving In-Plane Function of Polarization Laminates in a Forming...
- Publication number 20210271011
- Publication date Sep 2, 2021
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- David A. Coleman
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Digitally Reconfigurable Neutral Density Filter
- Publication number 20210263346
- Publication date Aug 26, 2021
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW POLARIZATION SWITCHES WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICA...
- Publication number 20210231986
- Publication date Jul 29, 2021
- Magic Leap, Inc.
- Chulwoo Oh
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Compact Polarization-Based Collimators with High Contrast
- Publication number 20210041711
- Publication date Feb 11, 2021
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
POLARIZATION COMPENSATOR FOR TILTED SURFACES
- Publication number 20200379155
- Publication date Dec 3, 2020
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Polarization Folded Path Device with Complementary Angle Filtering
- Publication number 20200241312
- Publication date Jul 30, 2020
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- ANTHONY D. MCGETTIGAN
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
COMPACT POLARIZATION-BASED MULTI-PASS OPTICAL ARCHITECTURES
- Publication number 20200142276
- Publication date May 7, 2020
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
POLARIZATION-BASED FILTERS WITH ANGLE-SENSITIVE TRANSMISSION
- Publication number 20200116912
- Publication date Apr 16, 2020
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A BUIL...
- Publication number 20200057826
- Publication date Feb 20, 2020
- Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Steven Eugene Bumbalough
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
OPTICAL FILTER WITH COLOR ENHANCEMENT
- Publication number 20200041818
- Publication date Feb 6, 2020
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
REVERSE-ORDER CROSSED PANCAKE LENS WITH A SHAPED POLARIZER
- Publication number 20190377183
- Publication date Dec 12, 2019
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Gary Dean Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
REVERSE-ORDER CROSSED PANCAKE LENS WITH INDEX GRADIENT STRUCTURE
- Publication number 20190377184
- Publication date Dec 12, 2019
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Gary Dean Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY INCLUDING A REVERSE-ORDER CROSSED PANCAKE LENS
- Publication number 20190377176
- Publication date Dec 12, 2019
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Gary Dean Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
REVERSE-ORDER CROSSED PANCAKE LENS WITH AZIMUTHAL COMPENSATION
- Publication number 20190377182
- Publication date Dec 12, 2019
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Gary Dean Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
SELF-COMPENSATING LIQUID CRYSTAL RETARDATION SWITCH
- Publication number 20190353948
- Publication date Nov 21, 2019
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
RETARDER STACK PAIRS FOR POLARIZATION BASIS VECTOR TRANSFORMATIONS
- Publication number 20190271853
- Publication date Sep 5, 2019
- Gary Sharp Innovations, LLC
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
COLOR SWITCH FOR REDUCED COLOR CROSS-TALK
- Publication number 20190235300
- Publication date Aug 1, 2019
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
HOLLOW TRIPLE-PASS OPTICAL ELEMENTS
- Publication number 20190235145
- Publication date Aug 1, 2019
- GARY D. SHARP
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Polarization conversion system and method for projecting polarizati...
- Publication number 20190196214
- Publication date Jun 27, 2019
- RealD Inc.
- Miller H. Schuck
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Multi-primary backlight for multi-functional active-matrix liquid c...
- Publication number 20190051259
- Publication date Feb 14, 2019
- RealD Inc.
- Miller H. Schuck
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
WIDE-ANGLE COMPENSATION OF UNIAXIAL RETARDER STACKS
- Publication number 20190018177
- Publication date Jan 17, 2019
- Gary D. Sharp
- G02 - OPTICS

Gary D. Sharp

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Broadband polarization rotator and optical switch

Wide field-of-view polarization switches with liquid crystal optica...

Compact polarization-based multi-pass optical architectures

Polarization folded path device with complementary angle filtering

Optical filter with color enhancement

Wide-angle compensation of uniaxial retarder stacks

Polarization-based filters with angle-sensitive transmission having...

Equipment and processes for precision fabrication of solvent-lamina...

Polarization compensator for tilted surfaces

Wide angle variable neutral density filter

Wide field-of-view polarization switches with liquid crystal optica...

Retarder stack pairs for polarization basis vector transformations

Wide-angle compensation of uniaxial retarder stacks

Hollow triple-pass optical elements

Color switch for reduced color cross-talk

Reverse-order crossed pancake lens with azimuthal compensation

Reverse-order crossed pancake lens with a shaped polarizer

Polarization conversion systems for stereoscopic projection

Head mounted display including a reverse-order crossed pancake lens

Reverse-order crossed pancake lens with index gradient structure

Chromatic polarization filtering that is input specific

Method, computer program product and apparatus for providing a buil...

Tunable color enhancement filter

Self-compensating liquid crystal retardation switch

3D projection system

Multi-primary backlight for multi-functional active-matrix liquid c...

Optical filter with color enhancement

Method, computer program product and apparatus for providing a buil...

Method of manufacturing directional backlight apparatus and directi...

Polarization conversion system and method for projecting polarizati...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW POLARIZATION SWITCHES WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICA...

POLARIZATION GRATINGS HAVING LARGE DIFFRACTION ANGLE, HIGH EFFICIEN...

GRADIENT-INDEX LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS SYSTEM INCLUDING GUEST-HOST LIQU...

METHODS OF MANUFACTURE FOR PANCAKE OPTICS

WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW POLARIZATION SWITCHES WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICA...

HOLLOW TRIPLE-PASS OPTICAL ELEMENTS

RETARDER STACK PAIRS FOR POLARIZATION BASIS VECTOR TRANSFORMATIONS

WIDE-ANGLE COMPENSATION OF UNIAXIAL RETARDER STACKS

EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES FOR PRECISION FABRICATION OF SOLVENT-LAMINA...

Preserving In-Plane Function of Polarization Laminates in a Forming...

Digitally Reconfigurable Neutral Density Filter

WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW POLARIZATION SWITCHES WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICA...

Compact Polarization-Based Collimators with High Contrast

POLARIZATION COMPENSATOR FOR TILTED SURFACES

Polarization Folded Path Device with Complementary Angle Filtering

COMPACT POLARIZATION-BASED MULTI-PASS OPTICAL ARCHITECTURES

POLARIZATION-BASED FILTERS WITH ANGLE-SENSITIVE TRANSMISSION

METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A BUIL...

OPTICAL FILTER WITH COLOR ENHANCEMENT

REVERSE-ORDER CROSSED PANCAKE LENS WITH A SHAPED POLARIZER

REVERSE-ORDER CROSSED PANCAKE LENS WITH INDEX GRADIENT STRUCTURE

HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY INCLUDING A REVERSE-ORDER CROSSED PANCAKE LENS

REVERSE-ORDER CROSSED PANCAKE LENS WITH AZIMUTHAL COMPENSATION

SELF-COMPENSATING LIQUID CRYSTAL RETARDATION SWITCH

RETARDER STACK PAIRS FOR POLARIZATION BASIS VECTOR TRANSFORMATIONS

COLOR SWITCH FOR REDUCED COLOR CROSS-TALK

HOLLOW TRIPLE-PASS OPTICAL ELEMENTS

Polarization conversion system and method for projecting polarizati...

Multi-primary backlight for multi-functional active-matrix liquid c...

WIDE-ANGLE COMPENSATION OF UNIAXIAL RETARDER STACKS