Inventor · Southampton, GB

David Richardson

26Patents
13h-index
51Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 6, 1984 → Apr 1, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6577801B2 Holey optical fibers Physics 213 Expired
US6968107B2 Holey optical fibres Physics 212 Expired
US4635053A Apparatus for supervising access to individual items Physics 95 Expired
US6917631B2 Pulsed light sources Electricity 80 Expired
US6813429B2 Sources of, and methods for generating, optical pulses Electricity 63 Expired
US6614975B2 Optical fiber and optical fiber device Electricity 49 Expired
US7233607B2 Pulsed light sources Electricity 37 Expired
US7136559B2 Optical fibre-based devices utilising the Raman effect Physics 26 Expired
US6901087B1 Broadband laser source Electricity 21 Expired
US8561679B2 Heat exchanger header and related methods and apparatuses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US6304362A Apparatus providing variable reflectivity to electromagnetic radiation Physics 15 Expired
US5613614A Storage rack Human Necessities 14 Expired
US7155099B2 Holey optical fibres of non-silica based glass Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US6628864B2 Optical code generation and detection Physics 13 Expired
US7003180B2 Apparatus for providing timing jitter tolerant optical modulation of a first signal by a second signal Physics 10 Expired
US9594262B2 Optical devices, systems and methods Physics 9 Active
US9904008B2 Hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers and methods of manufacturing the same Physics 8 Active
US8561678B2 Heat exchanger tank and related apparatuses Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Active
US6095712A Motor vehicle steering linkage ball joint protective clip Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6801356B2 Optical parametric devices and methods for making same Physics 5 Expired
US9316449B2 Heat exchanger tank and related apparatuses Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US11555958B2 Nested anti-resonant nodeless optical fiber and subsurface system using the same Physics 1 Active
US11034607B2 Hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers and methods of manufacturing the same Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US11585976B2 Optical fiber with corrugations Physics 0 Active
US9584221B2 Optical transmitter Electricity 0 Active

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