Inventor · Gilroy, CA, US

Andy Zhou

39Patents
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45Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 31, 1996 → Feb 6, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9686200B2 Flow cache hierarchy Electricity 72 Active
US9551833B1 Ultra compact free-space multiplexer/demultiplexer Physics 17 Active
US5767965A Apparatus and method for driving diffraction gratings Physics 15 Expired
US8537468B1 Ultra compact optical multiplexer or demultiplexer Electricity 15 Active
US9401773B1 Compact multi-channel WDM devices for high-speed data communications Physics 13 Active
US9602398B2 Dynamically generating flows with wildcard fields Electricity 10 Active
US8351791B1 Optical devices with built-in isolators Electricity 10 Active
US7013069B1 Method and apparatus for separating channel signals Physics 10 Expired
US9590759B1 Bi-directional compact coarse wavelength division multiplexing having a dispersionless bi-directional tap Electricity 8 Active
US9485046B1 Optical spot array pitch compressor Electricity 7 Active
US10551569B2 Wavelength-division multiplexing optical assembly with multiple collimator sets Physics 6 Active
US7440163B1 Compact passive module for erbium and other fiber amplifiers Electricity 6 Active
US10942316B1 FAU connectors and assemblies employing pin-to-pin alignment Physics 6 Active
US10182275B1 Passive optical subassembly with a signal pitch router Electricity 5 Active
US9831957B2 Self-equalizing photo detector Physics 4 Active
US8879918B1 Pluggable small form factor platform for optical passive devices Physics 3 Active
US9843394B2 Optical transceiver module having unibody structure Physics 3 Active
US10659373B2 Processing packets according to hierarchy of flow entry storages Electricity 3 Active
US10313045B2 Wavelength-division multiplexing optical assembly with increased lane density Electricity 3 Active
US9551831B1 Pluggable LC adaptor having optical passive element Physics 3 Active
US9667556B2 Adjusting connection validating control signals in response to changes in network traffic Electricity 3 Active
US9485185B2 Adjusting connection validating control signals in response to changes in network traffic Electricity 3 Active
US10382324B2 Dynamically generating flows with wildcard fields Electricity 2 Active
US10012796B2 MUX/DEMUX comprising capillary filter block and methods of producing the same Electricity 2 Active
US10473860B1 Compact devices for multiplexing applications Physics 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.