Patents by Inventor Erik E. Jostes

Erik E. Jostes 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).

  • Publication number: 20080232135
    Abstract: A light guide includes an extractor layer and a substrate layer. Each layer has a first major surface and a second major surface. The second major surface of the extractor layer is in contact with the first major surface of the substrate layer, and the first major surface of the extractor layer has a plurality of discrete light extractors capable of extracting light propagating in the light guide such that light is extracted in a predetermined pattern over the first major surface of the extractor layer. In some embodiments, at least one of the extractor layer or substrate layer is flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Brian A. Kinder, Gary T. Boyd, Dale L. Ehnes, L. Peter Erickson, Charles D. Hoyle, Erik E. Jostes, James W. Laumer, Jeffrey L. Solomon