Andre Tardy
21Patents
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19Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 17, 1975 → Feb 28, 2002
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5684297A | Method of detecting and/or measuring physical magnitudes using a distributed sensor | Physics | 72 | Expired |
| US4050783A | Connector for an optical fibre link | Physics | 59 | Expired |
| US4252407A | Fibre-to-fibre connector for multifibre optical fibre cables | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US3989567A | Connection method for two optical fibers having the same diameter | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US4220394A | Optical fibre connector | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US5183489A | Method of making multi-ferrules having a series of channels with parallel axes | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US5944867A | Method of manufacturing a multi-core optical fiber | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 15 | Expired |
| US4161347A | Connector for an optical fibre link | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US4763009A | Method and apparatus for remotely measuring the distribution of a physico-chemical parameter in a medium | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US6097868A | Multi-core optical fiber | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5594823A | Method of manufacturing a multi-fiber optical cross-coupler, and an optical cross-coupler obtained by performing the method | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5151966A | Optical fiber suitable for use in optical time domain reflectometry and method of manufacturing it | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 8 | Expired |
| US5235657A | Optical fiber tapping coupler | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5625728A | Method of coupling a multi-core optical fiber to a plurality of single-core optical fibers | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5436999A | Preparation and execution methods for splicing an integrated optical device to an optical fiber cable and connection subassemblies for use therein | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US5274724A | Method of splicing two optical fiber cables | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US4861979A | Optical fiber multipoint measuring device with time multiplexing | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US5649038A | Multiferrule for connecting optical fibers together, a connector constituting an application thereof, and a method of manufacturing the multiferrule | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US5792233A | Method of manufacturing a multi-core optical fiber | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US5372044A | Optical sensor, especially pressure sensor, and corresponding optical measurement process | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US6718106B2 | Cladding-pumped optical fibre and method for making same | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.