Eric Swanson
67Patents
24h-index
53Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 6, 1989 → May 11, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5321501A | Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample | Electricity | 1,175 | Expired |
| US6485413B1 | Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments | Electricity | 1,159 | Expired |
| US6134003A | Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope | Electricity | 1,053 | Expired |
| US5459570A | Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements | Electricity | 991 | Expired |
| US6445939B1 | Ultra-small optical probes, imaging optics, and methods for using same | Physics | 757 | Expired |
| US6564087B1 | Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging | Electricity | 697 | Expired |
| US6501551B1 | Fiber optic imaging endoscope interferometer with at least one faraday rotator | Electricity | 693 | Expired |
| US6191862A | Methods and apparatus for high speed longitudinal scanning in imaging systems | Physics | 535 | Expired |
| US5465147A | Method and apparatus for acquiring images using a ccd detector array and no transverse scanner | Electricity | 507 | Expired |
| US6160826A | Method and apparatus for performing optical frequency domain reflectometry | Electricity | 473 | Expired |
| US5956355A | Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a rapidly frequency-tuned laser | Electricity | 468 | Expired |
| US5784352A | Apparatus and method for accessing data on multilayered optical media | Electricity | 306 | Expired |
| US5748598A | Apparatus and methods for reading multilayer storage media using short coherence length sources | Electricity | 299 | Expired |
| US6891984B2 | Scanning miniature optical probes with optical distortion correction and rotational control | Physics | 258 | Expired |
| US5619368A | Optical frequency shifter | Physics | 134 | Expired |
| US6433904B1 | Method and apparatus for improving transmission performance over wavelength division multiplexed optical communication links using forward error correction coding | Electricity | 93 | Expired |
| US6580531B1 | Method and apparatus for in circuit biasing and testing of a modulated laser and optical receiver in a wavelength division multiplexing optical transceiver board | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US6430201B1 | Method and apparatus for transporting gigabit ethernet and fiber channel signals in wavelength-division multiplexed systems | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 59 | Expired |
| US5062150A | Fiber-based free-space optical system | Electricity | 57 | Expired |
| US9683928B2 | Integrated optical system and components utilizing tunable optical sources and coherent detection and phased array for imaging, ranging, sensing, communications and other applications | Electricity | 48 | Active |
| US9874688B2 | Co-packaging photonic integrated circuits and application specific integrated circuits | Electricity | 46 | Active |
| US9557478B2 | Electronic and optical co-packaging of coherent transceiver | Physics | 38 | Active |
| US8947648B2 | Systems and methods for signal processing in optical imaging systems | Physics | 38 | Active |
| US9464883B2 | Integrated optical coherence tomography systems and methods | Electricity | 30 | Active |
| US6396051B1 | High resolution optical performance monitor for DWDM system | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.