Patents by Inventor Craig Allen Breen

Craig Allen Breen 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).

  • Patent number: 9909738
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device comprising (i) a light source configured to generate light source light, and (ii) a light converter configured to convert at least part of the light source light into visible converter light, wherein the light converter comprises a polymeric host material with light converter nanoparticles embedded in the polymeric host material, wherein the polymeric host material is based on radical polymerizable monomers, and wherein the polymeric host material contains equal to or less then 5 ppm radical initiator based material relative to the total weight of the polymeric host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Xu, Marius Gabriel Ivan, Craig Allen Breen, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Publication number: 20170059128
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device comprising (i) a light source configured to generate light source light, and (ii) a light converter configured to convert at least part of the light source light into visible converter light, wherein the light converter comprises a polymeric host material with light converter nanoparticles embedded in the polymeric host material, wherein the polymeric host material is based on radical polymerizable monomers, and wherein the polymeric host material contains equal to or less then 5 ppm radical initiator based material relative to the total weight of the polymeric host material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Shu Xu, Marius Gabriel Ivan, Craig Allen Breen, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 9506627
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device (1) comprising (i) a light source (10) configured to generate light source light (11), and (ii) a light converter (100) configured to convert at least part of the light source light (11) into visible converter light (121), wherein the light converter (100) comprises a polymeric host material (110) with light converter nanoparticles (120) embedded in the polymeric host material (110), wherein the polymeric host material (110) is based on radical polymerizable monomers, and wherein the polymeric host material (110) contains equal to or less then 5 ppm radical initiator based material relative to the total weight of the polymeric host material (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V., QD Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Shu Xu, Marius Gabriel Ivan, Craig Allen Breen, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Publication number: 20150204515
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device (1) comprising (i) a light source (10) configured to generate light source light (11), and (ii) a light converter (100) configured to convert at least part of the light source light (11) into visible converter light (121), wherein the light converter (100) comprises a polymeric host material (110) with light converter nanoparticles (120) embedded in the polymeric host material (110), wherein the polymeric host material (110) is based on radical polymerizable monomers, and wherein the polymeric host material (110) contains equal to or less then 5 ppm radical initiator based material relative to the total weight of the polymeric host material (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Shu Xu, Marius Gabriel Ivan, Craig Allen Breen, Rifat Ata Mustafa