OptiPulse, Inc
Compound semiconductor laser array with integrated micro-optical lenses and high-speed electrical waveguide for non-mechanical beam steering in optical wireless links
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Founded
- 2015
- Latest Form D
- Feb 2021
- Total capital
- $253K
- Federal grants
- $233K
- 1 award · 2020
- Rank in peer group#18 of 57
- Private capital raised
- $20K
- 3 Form D · last Feb 2021
- 68 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 15
- 5 pending · first 2018
- Rank in peer group#4 of 57
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: VCSELA Wireless Technology$233K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$20K
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2 records have no date or no amount, so they aren’t placed on the timeline.
Standing among 57 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Federal grants#18 · top 32%
- Granted patents#4 · top 7%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Mathis ShinnickResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $233K in grants as PI
- Bill SzarolettaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John JosephExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lisa KuttilaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lisa KuttillaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lisa KuuttilaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 9 people
- Matthew WilliamsExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard J BerryDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert FrankDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 15 granted of 20- GrantedLaser Grid Structures for Wireless High Speed Data TransfersUSPTOUS 12,119,878
- GrantedMethod and Apparatus for Alignment of a Line-Of-Sight Communications LinkUSPTOUS 11,996,885
- GrantedRigid High Power and High Speed Lasing Grid StructuresUSPTOUS 11,888,291
Show all 20 patent records
- Laser Grid Structures for Wireless High Speed Data TransfersOct 15, 2024 · US 12,119,878Granted
- Method and Apparatus for Alignment of a Line-Of-Sight Communications LinkMay 28, 2024 · US 11,996,885Granted
- Rigid High Power and High Speed Lasing Grid StructuresJan 30, 2024 · US 11,888,291Granted
- Laser Grid Structures for Wireless High Speed Data TransfersJun 13, 2023 · US 11,677,474Granted
- Rigid High Power and High Speed Lasing Grid StructuresJan 17, 2023 · US 11,557,879Granted
- Method and Apparatus for Alignment of a Line-Of-Sight Communications LinkJul 5, 2022 · US 11,381,307Granted
- Laser Grid Structures For Wireless High Speed Data TransfersJun 21, 2022 · US 11,368,226Granted
- Laser Grid Structures for Wireless High Speed Data TransfersMar 23, 2021 · US 10,958,350Granted
- Rigid High Power and High Speed Lasing Grid StructuresJan 26, 2021 · US 10,903,622Granted
- Method and Apparatus for Alignment of a Line-Of-Sight Communications LinkDec 15, 2020 · US 10,868,616Granted
- Graphene Lens Structures for Use with Light Engine and Grid Laser StructuresApr 21, 2020 · US 10,630,055Granted
- High Power Laser Grid StructureApr 21, 2020 · US 10,630,053Granted
- Rigid High Power and High Speed Lasing Grid StructuresDec 3, 2019 · US 10,498,106Granted
- Method and Apparatus for Alignment of a Line-Of-Sight Communications LinkAug 6, 2019 · US 10,374,705Granted
- Rigid High Power and High Speed Lasing Grid StructuresDec 11, 2018 · US 10,153,615Granted
- High Power Laser Grid StructureApplication PCTUS2018046556Pending
- Graphene Lens Structures For Use With Light Engine And Grid Laser StructuresApplication PCTUS2018038107Pending
- Laser Grid Structures For Wireless High Speed Data TransfersApplication PCTUS2018046531Pending
- Rigid High Power And High Speed Lasing Grid StructuresApplication PCTUS2016044813Pending
- Rigid High Power and High Speed Lasing Grid StructuresApplication 62272242Pending
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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