Gerald Meltz
31Patents
23h-index
30Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 30, 1979 → Jan 8, 2004
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5007705A | Variable optical fiber Bragg filter arrangement | Physics | 224 | Expired |
| US4295738A | Fiber optic strain sensor | Physics | 212 | Expired |
| US4725110A | Method for impressing gratings within fiber optics | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 203 | Expired |
| US4807950A | Method for impressing gratings within fiber optics | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 175 | Expired |
| US4300816A | Wide band multicore optical fiber | Physics | 164 | Expired |
| US4761073A | Distributed, spatially resolving optical fiber strain gauge | Physics | 128 | Expired |
| US5399854A | Embedded optical sensor capable of strain and temperature measurement using a single diffraction grating | Physics | 125 | Expired |
| US6874361B1 | Distributed flow properties wellbore measurement system | Physics | 123 | Expired |
| US5513913A | Active multipoint fiber laser sensor | Electricity | 119 | Expired |
| US5493390A | Integrated optical instrumentation for the diagnostics of parts by embedded or surface attached optical sensors | Physics | 119 | Expired |
| US5564832A | Birefringent active fiber laser sensor | Electricity | 91 | Expired |
| US5511083A | Polarized fiber laser source | Electricity | 87 | Expired |
| US5061032A | Optical waveguide embedded light redirecting and focusing Bragg grating arrangement | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US6075915A | In-fiber photonic crystals and systems | Physics | 82 | Expired |
| US4806012A | Distributed, spatially resolving optical fiber strain gauge | Physics | 81 | Expired |
| US5042897A | Optical waveguide embedded light redirecting Bragg grating arrangement | Physics | 66 | Expired |
| US5818242A | Microwave recess distance and air-path clearance sensor | Physics | 64 | Expired |
| US5048913A | Optical waveguide embedded transverse spatial mode discrimination filter | Physics | 57 | Expired |
| US4295739A | Fiber optic temperature sensor | Physics | 53 | Expired |
| US4298794A | Fiber optic hot spot detector | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US5982962A | Fiber-integrated microlenses and optical fiber FBG couplers, spectrometers, and multiplexers comprised thereof | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US5016967A | Multi-core optical waveguide Bragg grating light redirecting arrangement | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US4484098A | Environmentally stable lithium niobate acoustic wave devices | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US4577100A | Temperature compensated optical pressure sensor | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6408119B1 | UV-trimmed fused tapered couplers | Physics | 19 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.