David E. Vokey
52Patents
16h-index
22Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 28, 1981 → Jul 31, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4729628A | Fiber optic dropwire | Physics | 104 | Expired |
| US8319508B2 | Method and apparatus to detect and locate roof leaks | Physics | 65 | Active |
| US7554345B2 | Method and apparatus to detect and locate damage and breaches in roof membranes | Fixed Constructions | 52 | Active |
| US7292155B2 | Moisture detection sensor tape with leak locate | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US7602196B2 | Method to detect and locate a breach in a roof membrane | Physics | 33 | Active |
| US4386231A | Cable assembly for detecting the ingress of water inside a cable | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US7092586B2 | Intrusion detection system for use on an optical fiber using a translator of transmitted data for optimum monitoring conditions | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US4480251A | Apparatus to monitor electrical cables, including splice joints and the like, for the ingress of moisture | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US5708364A | Cable monitoring system with multiple branch terminations | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US6181140A | Method of estimating the location of a cable break including a means to measure resistive fault levels for cable sections | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US7688215B2 | Moisture detection sensor tape and probes to determine surface moisture and material moisture levels | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US5990686A | Method and apparatus for locating resistive faults in communication and power cables | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US7142737B1 | Intrusion detection system for use on single mode optical fiber using a storage register for data | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US4947469A | Resistive fault location method and device for use on electrical cables | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US5077526A | Cable failure detection system | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US7120324B2 | Intrusion detection system for use on an optical fiber using a translator of transmitted data for optimum monitoring conditions | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US7768412B2 | Moisture monitoring system for buildings | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US7706641B2 | Monitoring individual fibers of an optical cable for intrusion | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US7693359B2 | Intrusion detection system for use on single mode optical fiber using a cost reduced polarimeter | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US9695593B2 | Leak detection in roof membranes | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US7206469B2 | Intrusion detection system for use on single mode optical fiber using a polarimeter | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US7333681B2 | Intrusion detection and location system for use on multimode fiber optic cable | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US7376293B2 | Remote location of active section of fiber in a multimode intrusion detection system | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US7403674B2 | Intrusion detection system for a multimode optical fiber using a bulk optical wavelength division multiplexer for maintaining modal power distribution | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US9244030B2 | Method of detecting a leak in a membrane of a roof | Physics | 8 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.