Derek E. Spock
17Patents
7h-index
25Co-inventors
66Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 6, 1996 → Mar 16, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.