Brian G. Risch
47Patents
16h-index
42Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 19, 1995 → Sep 21, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.