Inventor · Crediton, GB

Ian Peter McClean

22Patents
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25Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 20, 2000 → Dec 6, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7317570B2 Variable gain optical amplifiers Electricity 8 Expired
US8792091B2 Embedded optical time domain reflectometer for optically amplified links Physics 6 Active
US6646795B1 Optical amplifier Electricity 5 Expired
US9503181B2 Rare earth-doped fiber amplifier with integral optical metrology functionality Electricity 5 Active
US9494484B2 In-service optical time domain reflectometry utilizing raman pump source Electricity 4 Active
US7224515B2 Optical amplifiers Electricity 2 Expired
US10564068B2 Edge propagating optical time domain reflectometer and method of using the same Physics 2 Active
US9601900B2 Method and apparatus for determining optical fibre characteristics Electricity 2 Active
US9948058B2 Method and apparatus for determining optical fibre characteristics Electricity 2 Active
US9363011B2 Monitoring and controlling optical nodes Electricity 2 Active
US11885707B2 Fiber span characterization utilizing paired optical time domain reflectometers Electricity 2 Active
US11269148B2 Organizer for fiber optic components Electricity 1 Active
US9385504B2 Method and apparatus for depolarizing light Electricity 1 Active
US9752955B2 Edge propagating optical time domain reflectometer and method of using the same Physics 1 Active
US9806486B2 Optical amplifier module Electricity 1 Active
US9020348B2 Optical path switching Electricity 1 Active
US11677209B2 Blind pump laser detection Electricity 0 Active
US8867914B2 ASE compensation in optical amplifiers Electricity 0 Active
US12300960B2 Doped fiber amplifier having pass-through pump laser Electricity 0 Active
US12132290B2 Fiber amplifier having dual output laser diode Electricity 0 Active
US11728613B2 Doped fiber amplifier having pass-through pump laser Electricity 0 Active
US12281959B2 Fiber span characterization utilizing paired optical time domain reflectometers Electricity 0 Active

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