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Alcatel Network Systems, Inc.

168Patents
0Active
168Granted
43Portfolio score

Filing activity: May 11, 1989 → Oct 10, 2000

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5267122A Optical network unit Physics 214 Expired
US5452415A Method and system for automatically displaying and configuring a network monitoring system Electricity 177 Expired
US5483277A Simplified set-top converter for broadband switched network Electricity 145 Expired
US5303229A Optical network unit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 137 Expired
US5215477A Variable location connector for communicating high frequency electrical signals Electricity 132 Expired
US5329520A High-speed facility protection in a digital telecommunications system Electricity 127 Expired
US5224183A Multiple wavelength division multiplexing signal compensation system and method using same Electricity 122 Expired
US5181106A Video line shelf arrangement in an optical fiber telecommunications network providing broadband switched video services Electricity 114 Expired
US5353287A Local area network with message priority Electricity 107 Expired
US5572347A Switched video architecture for an optical fiber-to-the-curb telecommunications system Electricity 104 Expired
US5146452A Method and apparatus for rapidly restoring a communication network Electricity 100 Expired
US5477529A ISDN signal transmission performance monitoring Electricity 93 Expired
US5189673A Method and apparatus for controlling switched video in an optical fiber telecommunications system Electricity 84 Expired
US5408231A Connection path selection method for cross-connect communications networks Electricity 76 Expired
US5317105A EMI/RFI gasket apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US5122726A Overvoltage protection for redundant power supplies Electricity 70 Expired
US5301050A Subscriber loop testing in a fiber-to-the-curb communications network Electricity 70 Expired
US5233600A Method and apparatus for identifying a failed span in a network of span interconnected nodes Electricity 67 Expired
US5461624A Distributed routing network element Electricity 67 Expired
US5323299A EMI internal shield apparatus and methods Electricity 65 Expired
US5278834A Method for implementing a data communication protocol stack Electricity 64 Expired
US5638410A Method and system for aligning the phase of high speed clocks in telecommunications systems Electricity 63 Expired
US5428471A Fail-safe automatic shut-down apparatus and method for high output power optical communications system Electricity 62 Expired
US5740157A Distributed control methodology and mechanism for implementing automatic protection switching Electricity 60 Expired
US5528283A Switched video distribution apparatus Electricity 58 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.