Bob J. Overton
49Patents
24h-index
47Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 31, 1985 → Aug 5, 2016
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7515795B2 | Water-swellable tape, adhesive-backed for coupling when used inside a buffer tube | Physics | 102 | Active |
| US6321014A | Method for manufacturing optical fiber ribbon | Physics | 100 | Expired |
| US7567739B2 | Fiber optic cable having a water-swellable element | Physics | 98 | Active |
| US7599589B2 | Gel-free buffer tube with adhesively coupled optical element | Physics | 97 | Active |
| US7322122B2 | Method and apparatus for curing a fiber having at least two fiber coating curing stages | Performing Operations; Transporting | 96 | Expired |
| US4962992A | Optical transmission media and methods of making same | Physics | 90 | Expired |
| US4701016A | Thixotropic grease composition and cable comprising same | Physics | 87 | Expired |
| US5104433A | Method of making optical fiber | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US7974507B2 | High-fiber-density optical fiber cable | Physics | 64 | Active |
| US8031997B2 | Reduced-diameter, easy-access loose tube cable | Physics | 58 | Active |
| US8041167B2 | Optical-fiber loose tube cables | Physics | 56 | Active |
| US8165439B2 | ADSS cables with high-performance optical fiber | Physics | 47 | Active |
| US7095930B2 | Groove cable | Electricity | 47 | Expired |
| US4913859A | Methods of curing optical fiber coatings | Performing Operations; Transporting | 43 | Expired |
| US8145027B2 | Microbend-resistant optical fiber | Physics | 38 | Active |
| US8467650B2 | High-fiber-density optical-fiber cable | Physics | 37 | Active |
| US4810395A | Thixotropic grease composition | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US8265442B2 | Microbend-resistant optical fiber | Physics | 32 | Active |
| US8385705B2 | Microbend-resistant optical fiber | Physics | 30 | Active |
| US7242830B2 | Microduct cable system having reduced thermal expansion force | Electricity | 30 | Active |
| US8081853B2 | Single-fiber drop cables for MDU deployments | Physics | 30 | Active |
| US8041168B2 | Reduced-diameter ribbon cables with high-performance optical fiber | Physics | 28 | Active |
| US8145026B2 | Reduced-size flat drop cable | Physics | 24 | Active |
| US8195018B2 | Buffer tube with adhesively coupled optical fibers and/or water-swellable element | Physics | 24 | Active |
| US6338878B1 | Method to improve degree of cure for ultraviolet curable optical fiber coating by actively removing heat from the coating during irradiation | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.