Patents by Inventor Eric Van De Wal

Eric Van De Wal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for improvement of the perceived FOS homogeneity by suppressing hotspots in a module design with a short LED to active area distance
    Publication number: 20090251921
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for displaying images, comprising: a light source; a panel including an active area and a peripheral area; a light guide being located at one side of the light source and under the panel, the light guide having a first side facing the panel and a second side opposite to the first side; and a plurality of optical foils, each foil disposed on the first or second side of the light guide, wherein at least one of the optical foil has a hotspot-reducing area in the peripheral area in order to reduce or eliminate a hotspot in front of the light source, wherein the hotspot-reducing area is a cut-out area, a covered area, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Serge Leon Gerard Toussaint, Eric van de Wal
  • Confectionery bar
    Patent number: D497466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Van De Wal, Jacqueline Kramer
  • Confectionery bar
    Patent number: D498898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Van De Wal, Jacqueline Kramer