Patents by Inventor Gary Nothhard

Gary Nothhard 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).

  • Light recycling film and display
    Publication number: 20060055838
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device display (20) has a backlight unit (56) for providing illumination, a rear polarizer (50b) disposed proximate the backlight unit (56) for receiving the incident illumination and transmitting substantially polarized illumination, a liquid crystal spatial light modulator for forming a display beam by selective, pixel-wise modulation of the polarization of the substantially polarized illumination, and a reflective polarizer (52a) disposed between the liquid crystal spatial light modulator and a front polarizer (50a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Xiang-Dong Mi, Gary Nothhard