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Luminit LLC

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Light Extraction System for OLED (LESO) using optimized surface relief structures in UV-curable high-refractive-index polymer films to increase light extraction efficiency from OLED devices

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Updated · luminitco.com

Sector
Materials
Total capital
$11.5M
Federal grants
$1.2M
4 awards · 2014–2017
Rank in peer group#103 of 141
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$10.3M
47 awards · Defense, NASA, Smithsonian Instit
Rank in Materials#43 of 1258
Granted patents
19
21 pending · first 2018
Rank in peer group#2 of 141

Capital timeline

20052007200920112013201520172019FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $11.5M2005: $1.5M across 2 contracts$1.5M2007: $398K across 4 contracts2008: $1.7M across 5 contracts$1.7M2009: $568K across 6 contracts2010: $700K across 2 contracts2011: $200K across 2 contracts2012: $281K across 3 contracts2013: $1.4M across 5 contracts$1.4M2014: $150K across 1 grant · $377K across 4 contracts2015: $149K across 1 grant · $1.3M across 4 contracts$1.4M2016: $750K across 1 grant · $80K across 1 contract$829K2017: $150K across 1 grant · $250K across 2 contracts2018: $1.5M across 5 contracts$1.5M2019: $32K across 2 contracts
2005200920132017FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $11.5M2005: $1.5M across 2 contracts$1.5M2007: $398K across 4 contracts2008: $1.7M across 5 contracts$1.7M2009: $568K across 6 contracts2010: $700K across 2 contracts2011: $200K across 2 contracts2012: $281K across 3 contracts2013: $1.4M across 5 contracts2014: $150K across 1 grant · $377K across 4 contracts2015: $149K across 1 grant · $1.3M across 4 contracts$1.4M2016: $750K across 1 grant · $80K across 1 contract2017: $150K across 1 grant · $250K across 2 contracts2018: $1.5M across 5 contracts$1.5M2019: $32K across 2 contracts

Latest events

  • Federal contractSmithsonian Instit · Quote QU00007278-1$27K
  • Federal contractSmithsonian Instit · Quote QU00007061-1$5K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Wave-optic Propagation Computation Enabled By Machine Learning Algorithms (wopa)$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I: Through-lens Fiducial Marking System$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Progress Report "igf::ot::igf"$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf:ot:igf SBIR Ph I Progress Report$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Army SBIR Phase II Base$1.0M
Show 44 earlier federal awards
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I$100K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Light Extraction System for OLED (LESO)$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR 16.2 Phase I, Dmea 162-001- High-brilliance 9KEV X-ray Source; Ferroelectric X-ray Generator (flex)$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$80K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Diffractive Optical Elements for Efficient Laser Cavities$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Army SBIR Ph II Entitled, "compound Eye Laser Missile Seeker (celms)$969K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Motion Independent Human Machine Interface (MIHMI)$149K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - Army SBIR Phase I Bridge Gap Purchase Order For Option 1 On Statement Of Work Entitled, "compound Eye Laser Missile Seeker (celms)"$50K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Climate Change Is A Growing Concern, Leading NASA To The Need To Track Concentrations Of Such Greenhouse Gases As CO2 And CH4, Including The Need To Detect Them Daytime, Nighttime, And All Year. To Achieve This, NASA Has Proposed Such Projects As Global Precipitation Measurement (gpm), Geostationary Coastal And Air Pollution Events (geo-cape), And Active Sensing Of CO2 Emissions Over Nights, Days, And Seasons (ascends). In Support Of These Programs, And In Particular Ascends, Lumini$123K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Cgh For Improved Vecsel Cavities (civc)$149K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Compression Imaging Phase Array Ultrasound interrogator (CIPHOR)$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Ph I$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · Navy STTR 14.A$79K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - SBIR Phase 1, Topic A14-021 - Quantum Wave Converter (q-waver)$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf Army SBIR Phase I Effort Entitled, "compound Eye Laser Missile Seeker (celms)"$99K
  • Federal contractSmithsonian Instit · Variety Of Lsd Polycarbon Film Rolls$8K
  • Federal contractDefense · Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Effort For Dynamic Site Overlay Based On Luminit Substrate-guided Holographic Technology$1.0M
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Curved Wave-guided Holographic Display (cwhd)$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · STTR I - Biomimetic Integrated Optical Sensor Systems$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development Titled: Performance Optimized Thermoelectric Generation System Igf::ot::igf$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Effort For Dynamic Site Overlay Based On Luminit Substrate-guided Holographic Technology$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · This Procurement Is Optical Components (diffusers) For Use In Instrument Development And Shipping.$6K
  • Federal contractNASA · To Address NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Need For Improved Cost-effective, Low Mass And Low Volume Devices Or Methods To Store Electrical Energy Onboard Long Duration (100-DAY Mission) Balloon Flights At Mid-latitudes And Altitudes Of 30-40 Km, Luminit, Llc, Proposes To Develop A New Carbon Nanotube-based Supercapacitor (cans) With Our Mature Chemical Solution Deposition (sol-gel) Technology. This Approach Incorporates New Cnt-sol-gel Based Electrode Materials And Alignment Of Cnt In The So$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · 6-MONTH STTR Phase 1$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · To Address The NASA Need For Innovative Methods To Measure Liquid Propellant Tank Volume And Tank Fluid Level With Improved Accuracy, Repeatability, And Minimal Tank Entries For Maintenance And Calibration, Luminit, Llc, Proposes To Develop A New Non-contact Luminit Optical Tank-level Sensing System (lots), Based On The Optical Measurement Of A Small Spotlight Shone On The Surface Of The Liquid. This Approach Incorporates Commercial Off-the-shelf Components And Luminit Opto-mechanical Design, Wh$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Integrated Substrate-guided Wave-based Eyetracker And Helmet Mounted Display$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · To Address The NASA Earth Science Division Need For Spatial Filter Arrays For Amplitude And Wavefront Control, Luminit Proposes To Develop A Novel Integrated Spatial Filter Array (isfa) Comprising Integrated Waveguides Mapped With A Pair Of Commercial Lenslet Arrays. Thousands Of Precisely Spaced Waveguides Can Be Mass-produced With State-of-the-art Photonic Fabrication Technology, Which Eliminates The Tedious And Error-prone Alignment Of Up To A 1000 Individual Optical Fibers In Legacy Fiber Bu$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$70K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR 1 Fy 2009, Af 08.3$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Integrated Cross Connect Optical Switch$99K
  • Federal contractNASA · Integrated Spatial Filter Array To Address The NASA Earth Science Division Need For Spatial Filter Arrays For Amplitude And Wavefront Control, Luminit Proposes To Develop A Novel Polarization-preserving Integrated Spatial Filter Array (isfa) Comprising 36 X 36 Waveguides And Two Microlens Arrays In A Hexagonal Configuration. Each Waveguide Acts As A Polarization Maintaining Single-mode Fiber And Is Precisely Mapped To A Pair Of Input/output Lenslets. The 36 X 36 Waveguides Have Identical Fast A$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Flexible Lightweight Radiation Protection Garment$99K
  • Federal contractNASA · Holographic Waveguided See-through Display To Address The NASA Need For Lightweight, Space Suit-mounted Displays, Luminit Proposes A Novel Holographic Waveguided See-through Display. Our Proposed Holographic Waveguided See-through Display (howsd) Will Integrate Highly Selective Waveguiding Bragg Holograms Into A Helmet-mounted Display (hmd) That Will Provide Easy-to-access Clearly Visible Information To Astronauts During Extravehicular Activity (eva). The Proposed Howsd Incorporates A Unique De$599K
  • Federal contractNASA · Extravehicular Activity Helmet Mounted Display. In Response To NASA Rpf #NNC08ZCH037R For The Development Of A Helmet Mounted Display (hmd) With Capabilities Not Found In Existing Hmd Systems To Provide Procedural Information, Status, And Navigation Information To Suited Crew During Lunar Eva, Luminit, Llc Is Proposing To Develop A New See-through Head-decoupled Lunar Eva Holographic Display (levahd). Levahd Is A Monocular Full-color Display For The Right Eye That Comprises Four Elements: A High$500K
  • Federal contractDefense · Optical Instrument And Lens Manufacturing$446K
  • Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$70K
  • Federal contractNASA · Holographic Waveguided See-through Display$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · Darpa Phase 1 Requirement$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Phase I SBIR Feasibility Research Project Entitled: "chemical And Propellantless Propulsion For Deep Space", Uv-curable Hybrid Nanocomposite Coating To Protect Tether Polymer Materials This Is A SBIR For The Uv-curable Hybrid Nanocomposite Coating To Protect Tether Polymer Materials; The Vendor (luminit, Llc) Will Address The NASA Need For Coatings To Protect And Strengthen Tether Materials For Momentum-exchange Electrodynamics Reboost Technology. Luminit Proposes To Develop A New Uv-curable $100K
  • Federal contractDefense · 200603!002007!2100!W56HZV!TACOM - Warren !W56HZV05C0643 !a!n! !y! ! !20051221!20051220!153865951!153865951!153865951!N!PHYSICAL Optics Corporation !20600 Gramercy Pl Bldg 10!TORRANCE !CA!90501!80000!037!06!TORRANCE !los Angeles !CALIFORNIA!+000000389489!N!N!000000000000!AC42!RDTE/TANK - Automotive-applied Research !A4A!COMBAT Vehicles !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$730K
  • Federal contractDefense · 200602!000434!2100!W15P7T!USA Communications-electronics !W15P7T06CL403 !a!n! !n! ! !20051123!20071130!153865951!153865951!153865951!N!PHYSICAL Optics Corporation !20600 Gramercy Pl Bldg 10!TORRANCE !CA!90501!80000!037!06!TORRANCE !los Angeles !CALIFORNIA!+000000359032!N!N!000000359032!AC62!RDTE/ELECTRONICS & Communication Eq-applied Resea !A7 !electronics And Communication Equip !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$730K

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Standing among 141 peers

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  • Federal grantsBelow median
  • Granted patents#2 · top 1%
  • Linked publications#4 · top 3%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 19 granted of 40
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Recent research by its founders

  • 56‐1: A Multiplane Holographic HUD Using Light Selectivity of Bragg Grating20196 cites
  • Manufacturable transparent holographic components for HUD applications20194 cites
  • 39.1: <i>Invited Paper:</i> Mass Production of Holographic Transparent Components for Wearable Applications20190 cites

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Sources

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