John E. Gunther

Practice Areas

U.S. and international patent preparation and prosecution.

Highlights

John E. Gunther is a patent agent with SoCal IP Law Group. He was admitted to the Patent Bar in February, 1999.

John’s technical experience includes electro-optical systems and components, liquid crystal devices, radar and RF systems, electronics, mechanical systems, and manufacturing methods.

John has a total of nearly 30 years of technology development and management experience at Northrop-Grumman, Texas Instruments, Hughes Electronics, and several commercial start-up companies.

John was an inventor on 24 U.S. Patents. Some listed below:

• 6,816,650     Planar lightwave filter device
• 6,710,921     Polarizer apparatus for producing a generally polarized beam of light
• 6,693,749     Low-observability, wide-field-of-view, situation awareness viewing device
• 6,563,638     Wide-angle collimating optical device
• 6,452,724     Polarizer apparatus for producing a generally polarized beam of light
• 6,348,995     Reflective optical polarizer device with controlled light distribution and liquid crystal display incorporating the same
• 6,208,463     Polarizer apparatus for producing a generally polarized beam of light
• 6,141,124     Color filter and color picture display device using the same
• 6,108,131     Polarizer apparatus for producing a generally polarized beam of light
• 6,081,376     Reflective optical polarizer device with controlled light distribution and liquid crystal display incorporating the same
• 5,986,730     Dual mode reflective/transmissive liquid crystal display apparatus
• 5,907,416     Wide FOV simulator heads-up display with selective holographic reflector combined
• 5,764,389     Holographic color filters for display applications, and operating method
• 5,702,805     Photopolymer holographic decal for plastic substrate
• 5,541,825     Dual image CHMSLs without holography
• 5,499,116     Encoded hologram for producing a machine readable image and a human readable image
• 5,406,395     Holographic parking assistance device
• 5,101,193     Universal stand-alone holographic center high mounted stoplight
• 4,586,781     Diffraction optics diffusing screen
• 4,586,780     Directional diffusing screen with suppressed zero-order light
• 4,349,817     Liquid crystal display system using fiber optic faceplates
• 4,344,668     Fiber optic light traps for electro-optical display devices

Admitted to the Bar

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

Purdue University, B.S.E.E., 1969