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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Caustic Graphics, Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 19

Forward Citations = 170

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9 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Ryan R Salsbury (17 out of 52 patents)

Luke Tilman Peterson (17 out of 141 patents)

James Alexander McCombe (17 out of 67 patents)

4. Stephen C Purcell (5 out of 91 patents)

5. Sean Matthew Gies (4 out of 22 patents)

6. Steven John Clohset (4 out of 73 patents)

7. Jason Rupert Redgrave (2 out of 194 patents)

8. Stephen John Clohset (1 out of 3 patents)

9. Cüneyt Özdaç (1 out of 1 patent)

19 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 8692834 - Graphics processor with non-blocking concurrent architecture (2014-04-08),

2. 8674987 - Dynamic ray population control (2014-03-18),

3. 8619079 - Ray tracing system architectures and methods (2013-12-31),

4. 8593458 - Systems and methods of multidimensional query resolution and computation organization (2013-11-26),

5. 8502820 - Architectures for concurrent graphics processing operations (2013-08-06),

6. 8482561 - Systems and methods for a ray tracing shader API (2013-07-09),

7. 8441482 - Systems and methods for self-intersection avoidance in ray tracing (2013-05-14),

8. 8421801 - Ray tracing using ray-specific clipping (2013-04-16),

9. 8300049 - Ray tracing system architectures and methods (2012-10-30),

10. 8237711 - Tracing of shader-generated ray groups using coupled intersection testing (2012-08-07),

11. 8217935 - Apparatus and method for ray tracing with block floating point data (2012-07-10),

12. 8203559 - Architectures for parallelized intersection testing and shading for ray-tracing rendering (2012-06-19),

13. 8203555 - Systems and methods for concurrent ray tracing (2012-06-19),

14. 8120609 - Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for light energy accounting in ray tracing (2012-02-21),

15. 8063902 - Method and apparatus for increasing efficiency of transmission and/or storage of rays for parallelized ray intersection testing (2011-11-22),

Caustic Graphics, Inc. was a pioneering company in the field of ray tracing acceleration for real-time graphics. Founded in 2006, the company developed innovative hardware and software solutions for photorealistic graphics rendering. Their products aimed to revolutionize industries such as gaming, film, and virtual reality by delivering unmatched image quality and performance. Caustic Graphics was acquired by Imagination Technologies in 2010, after which their technology became part of the Imagination's ray tracing division.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Sep 15 2026

19 Patents

#249 in San Francisco, CA

#4,091 in California

#17,096 in US

#32,555 in the World

San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Caustic Graphics, Inc.

Forward Citations = 170

9 inventors:

Ryan R Salsbury (17 out of 52 patents)

Luke Tilman Peterson (17 out of 141 patents)

James Alexander McCombe (17 out of 67 patents)

4. Stephen C Purcell (5 out of 91 patents)

5. Sean Matthew Gies (4 out of 22 patents)

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