Inventor · Granite Falls, NC, US

Brian G. Risch

47Patents
16h-index
42Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 19, 1995 → Sep 21, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7346244B2 Coated central strength member for fiber optic cables with reduced shrinkage Physics 357 Expired
US6493491B1 Optical drop cable for aerial installation Physics 156 Expired
US6215931A Flexible thermoplastic polyolefin elastomers for buffering transmission elements in a telecommunications cable Physics 155 Expired
US5911023A Polyolefin materials suitable for optical fiber cable components Physics 148 Expired
US6714707B2 Optical cable housing an optical unit surrounded by a plurality of gel layers Physics 124 Expired
US6085009A Water blocking gels compatible with polyolefin optical fiber cable buffer tubes and cables made therewith Physics 113 Expired
US6210802A Polypropylene filler rods for optical fiber communications cables Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 113 Expired
US6066397A Polypropylene filler rods for optical fiber communications cables Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Expired
US6941049B2 Fiber optic cable having no rigid strength members and a reduced coefficient of thermal expansion Physics 94 Expired
US5679756A Optical thermoplastic thiourethane-urethane copolymers Physics 64 Expired
US6483971B2 Optical-fiber cable containing thermally bonded fiber optic buffer tubes and fabrication process Physics 45 Expired
US6198865A Telecommunications cable having good adhesion between a protective jacket and strength members Physics 33 Expired
US7010201B2 Composite structural components containing thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer reinforcements for optical fiber cables Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7011774B2 Composite structural components containing thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer reinforcements for optical fiber cables Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US10185105B2 Flexible optical-fiber ribbon Physics 17 Active
US9188754B1 Method for manufacturing an optical-fiber buffer tube Physics 16 Active
US6008296A Optical terpolymer of polyisocyanate, polythiol and polyene monomers Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US6707973B2 Buffer tube design for easy and reliable access in mid-span Physics 9 Expired
US10782495B2 Flexible optical-fiber ribbon Physics 8 Active
US9201204B2 Optical-fiber interconnect cable Physics 8 Active
US10884213B1 Optical-fiber ribbon with distorted sinusoidal adhesive pattern and method therefor Physics 6 Active
US6654526B2 Use of water swellable yarns and particles in gel compound-filled buffer tubes and uniribbon fiber optic cables Physics 6 Expired
US11169342B2 Flexible optical-fiber ribbon Physics 5 Active
US11256051B2 Flexible optical-fiber ribbon Physics 5 Active
US6777494B1 Optical terpolymer of polyisocyanate, polythiol and polyene monomers Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired

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