Wyant College Faculty Awarded Thirty Patents in 2022

June 14, 2023
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Inventors from across the UArizona who had been awarded patents in the past decade gathered at Tech Launch Arizona’s offices to receive commemorative coins emblazoned with their names and patent information, and share in a celebration of World Intellectual Property Day recognized annually on April 26.

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Hong Hua with patents

Hong Hua holds thirty-one commemorative coins representing her thirty-one patents—one for each UArizona patent obtained during her career at the university that bears her name as an inventor.

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In 2022, Wyant College had thirty UArizona patents issued, according to Tech Launch Arizona (TLA). Ninety-two total patents were reported by TLA at the UArizona for the financial year 2022, between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2022. This means patents awarded to Wyant College faculty composed approximately a third of the total patents for UArizona in 2022! UArizona ranks No. 29 among the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2022, see the full list released by the National Academy of Inventors.

Stanley Pau (left) and Dean Tom Koch (right) Receive their TLA Commemorative Coins

Prof. Stanley Pau (left) and Dean Tom Koch (right) receive their TLA Commemorative Coins at TLA's celebration recognizing World Intellectual Property Day.

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In April, TLA hosted a celebration recognizing World Intellectual Property Day at their offices at The Refinery at The Bridges. Inventors from across campus and myriad academic fields were invited to attend and received commemorative coins, each emblazoned with their name, and the name and number of the patent.

Dr. Hong Hua, inventor and professor at Wyant College, was among those invited and received thirty-one commemorative coins—one for each UArizona patent obtained during her career at the university that bears her name as an inventor. Many Wyant College faculty joined the event to receive their commemorative coins, recognizing their achievements and patents they have obtained.

A few of the most recently obtained patents (since January 2023) by faculty in Wyant College include:

Patent Title (Occurring Since January 2023) Patent Inventors
System and Method for Measuring Distorted Illumination Patterns and Correcting Image Artifacts in Structured Illumination Imaging Leilei Peng
Systems and Methods for Beam Steering Using Micromirror Device Brandon Hellman, Braden Smith, Yuzuru Takashima
Wide Angle And High Resolution Tiled Head-Mounted Display Device Dewen Cheng, Hong Hua, Yongtian Wang
Generation of High-Power Spatially-Restructurable Spectrally-Tunable Beams in a Multi-Arm-Cavity Vecsel-Based Laser System Mahmoud Fallahi, Chris Hessenius, Ewan Wright
Digital Fringe Projection and Multi-Spectral Polarization Imaging for Rapid 3D Reconstruction Rongguang Liang, Stanley Pau
Head-Mounted Projection Display Using Reflective Microdisplays Hong Hua, Rui Zhang
Imaging Method And Apparatus Using Circularly Polarized Light Stanley Pau
Polarization Sensitive Devices, Methods And Applications Stanley Pau
Methods of Rendering Light Field Images for Integral-Imaging-Based Light Field Hong Hua, Hekun Huang

Check out more of the patents issued in the fields of Imaging & Optics on the TLA website.

Congrats to all the patent holders in the Wyant College. We cannot wait to see how many patents are obtained by Wyant College Faculty in 2023!

Enjoy this Infographic on the Economic Impact of Patents

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