Inventor · Boston, MA, US

Derek E. Spock

17Patents
7h-index
25Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 6, 1996 → Mar 16, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5859717A Multiplexing device with precision optical block Physics 88 Expired
US6198857A Add/drop optical multiplexing device Electricity 50 Expired
US6167171A Cascading optical multiplexing device Electricity 28 Expired
US5666373A Laser having a passive pulse modulator and method of making same Electricity 26 Expired
US6445850B1 Method and apparatus for per-band compensation with gap-free band structure for high speed DWDM transmission Electricity 17 Expired
US9065582B2 Optical architecture and channel plan employing multi-fiber configurations for data center network switching Electricity 12 Active
US9325604B2 System and method for data center optical connection Electricity 8 Active
US8842988B2 Optical junction nodes for use in data center networks Electricity 7 Active
US6496305B2 Two fiber support with single optical amplifier Electricity 5 Expired
US6552834B2 Methods and apparatus for preventing deadbands in an optical communication system Electricity 4 Expired
US6388805B1 Two fiber support with single optical amplifier Electricity 4 Expired
US9699530B2 Optical architecture and channel plan employing multi-fiber configurations for data center network switching Electricity 4 Active
US9800472B2 Network node connection configuration Electricity 3 Active
US9450815B2 Network node connection configuration Electricity 1 Active
US11297404B2 Optical network having combined circuit-packet switch architecture Electricity 0 Active
US11553260B2 Optical network having combined circuit-packet switch architecture Electricity 0 Active
US10063426B2 Network node connection configuration Electricity 0 Active

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