Company patents

Light Field Lab, Inc.

Light Field Lab, Inc. exhibits a surprising patent strategy given its core business, with a significant portion of its portfolio (16.2%) dedicated to seemingly unrelated areas like Drug Delivery Devices, Medical Diagnostics & Surgery, Plastics Shaping & Molding, and Additive Manufacturing, all of which saw a substantial decline in patenting activity in 2025 (YoY -75.0%). While its primary focus remains on Optical Elements & Systems (77.9% of portfolio) and Pictorial / Video Communications (66.2%), these core areas also experienced significant year-over-year declines in 2025, at -61.9% and -73.7% respectively, suggesting a broad shift in patenting priorities across the company.

Patent Trend by Technology Area

Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

68 US filings (since 2023) · 10 categories · 9 themes

Interactive & Generative Display Systemsfiltered

Technologies that create dynamic and interactive visual content for displays, including virtual/wearable systems, by generating overlays, replacing input streams, or merging real-time user actions with digital environments.

Pictorial / Video Communications
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36since 2023
-68.8%YoY
Wearable Display Optics

Optical systems and components specifically designed for head-mounted displays, augmented reality (AR) glasses, and virtual reality (VR) headsets, focusing on image projection, waveguide integration, and display durability.

Optical Elements & Systems
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33since 2023
-71.4%YoY
Metasurface & Diffractive Optics

Engineering of artificial subwavelength structures (meta-atoms) to create metasurfaces that manipulate light properties (phase, polarization, wavelength) for multi-functional optical devices.

Optical Elements & Systems
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15since 2023
-33.3%YoY
Integrated Display & Illumination

Systems that combine light sources, waveguides, and display elements into unified products for backlighting, automotive applications, general lighting, or color-corrected displays.

Optical Elements & Systems
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8since 2023
-66.7%YoY
Interactive 3D Data Visualization

Methods and systems for displaying complex data in three-dimensional graphical formats, allowing users to manipulate, explore, and derive insights from the data through interactive controls.

Input/Output & User Interfaces
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3since 2023
n/a
Multi-Sensor Imaging & Synthesis

Systems that combine data from multiple camera sensors or capture multiple images from different perspectives or qualities, often involving image processing techniques like synthesis to create enhanced or comprehensive views.

Pictorial / Video Communications
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2since 2023
n/a
Real-time Graphics Rendering

Techniques and hardware architectures designed to efficiently generate and display complex 3D graphics, particularly for interactive applications like virtual reality, focusing on speed and visual quality.

Image Processing
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2since 2023
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Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes

Techniques for building three-dimensional metal objects layer-by-layer using metal powders, including powder bed fusion, binder jetting, and directed energy deposition. This theme encompasses process mechanics, equipment design, and operational control for AM systems.

Plastics Shaping & MoldingAdditive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
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2since 2023
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Video Quality & Encoding Optimization

Methods and apparatus for improving the visual fidelity, resolution, or compression efficiency of video signals, often through advanced processing, up-scaling, or neural network-based filters.

Pictorial / Video Communications
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1since 2023
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