Eric Bernier
66Patents
11h-index
38Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 13, 1989 → Jan 30, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8300594B1 | Method and apparatus supporting out of band signaling for WLAN using network name | Electricity | 56 | Active |
| US5998813A | Component for protecting telephone line interfaces | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US5861639A | Breakover-triggered dipole component having a controlled sensitivity | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US5338964A | Integrated circuit comprising a protection diode array | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US5274524A | Programmable protection circuit and its monolithic manufacturing | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US5696391A | Overload protection circuit | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US6326648A | Power switch with a controlled DI/DT | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US5828089A | Full protection component for a subscriber line interface circuit | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5808326A | Delta protection component | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US7725029B1 | Technique for asymmetric transport | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5243488A | Protection circuit limiting overvoltages between two selected limits and its monolithic integration | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US9258629B2 | System and method for an agile cloud radio access network | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US9806112B1 | Electrostatic discharge guard structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Active |
| US6323718A | Normally-on bidirectional switch | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US9991966B1 | Optical transmitter | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US6049096A | Protection component for telephone line interface | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US7676154B2 | Method and system for configuring a connection-oriented packet network over a wavelength division multiplexed optical network | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US10613276B2 | Optical scanner with optically switched paths to multiple surface or edge couplers | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US8744054B2 | Method and system for automatic call redialing | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US9513447B1 | Active photonic integrated circuit (PIC) with embedded coupling efficiency monitoring | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US6262443A | Monolithic protected rectifying bridge | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US7389043B2 | Protection architecture for photonic switch using tunable optical filter | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7321730B2 | Method and apparatus for the transmission fault detection in an access network | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US8971321B2 | System and method for accelerating and decelerating packets | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7286755B1 | Method and apparatus for testing an optical component | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.