SPHERE OPTICS COMPANY LLC
Virtual reality hardware and software that integrates physical and digital environments
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Jamesville, NY
- Founded
- 2015
- Latest Form D
- $250K offered, Apr 2016
- Total capital
- $2.1M
- Federal grants
- $58K
- 1 award · 2023
- Rank in peer group#70 of 222
- Private capital raised
- $250K
- 1 Form D · last Apr 2016
- 127 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $1.8M
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Aerospace#494 of 1335
- Granted patents
- 4
- 4 pending · first 2017
- Rank in peer group#34 of 222
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · Optical Fence Line$1.8M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Real-time Omnidirectional 360° Situational Awareness, hazard detection, avoidance for UAS using a single camera$58K
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$250K
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Standing among 222 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Device
- Federal grants#70 · top 32%
- Granted patents#34 · top 15%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Robert EnglertResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 3 patents · $58K in grants as PI
- Meyer GiordanoResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 1 patent
- Christopher CottonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David DeRemerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Neil SirniExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas GrossExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 7 people
- Timothy FisherExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 4 granted of 8- GrantedOmnidirectional Catadioptric Lens With Odd Aspheric Contour Or Multi-lensUSPTOUS 11,137,582
- GrantedOmnidirectional Catadioptric Lens StructureUSPTOUS 10,222,596
- PendingMulti-view Point/location Omni-directional Recording And ViewingUSPTOApplication 15615030
Show all 8 patent records
- Omnidirectional Catadioptric Lens With Odd Aspheric Contour Or Multi-lensOct 5, 2021 · US 11,137,582Granted
- Omnidirectional Catadioptric Lens StructureMar 5, 2019 · US 10,222,596Granted
- Multi-view Point/location Omni-directional Recording And ViewingDec 14, 2017 · Application 15615030Pending
- Spherical Lens For A CameraAug 8, 2017 · US D,794,226Granted
- Spherical Lens For A CameraAug 8, 2017 · US D,794,227Granted
- Advertising System For Virtual Reality EnvironmentsJul 13, 2017 · Application 15348184Pending
- Multi-view Point/location Omni-directional Recording And ViewingApplication 62347167Pending
- Omnidirectional Catadioptric Lens With Odd Aspheric Contour Or Multi-lensApplication PCTUS2016068482Pending
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration
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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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