Inventor · Tinton Falls, NJ, US

Ivan P. Kaminow

29Patents
16h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 28, 1973 → Sep 21, 1999

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5625478A Optically restorable WDM ring network using simple add/drop circuitry Electricity 77 Expired
US4179189A Single polarization optical fibers and methods of fabrication Chemistry; Metallurgy 52 Expired
US4111525A Silica based optical fiber waveguide using phosphorus pentoxide and germanium dioxide Physics 51 Expired
US4111523A Thin film optical waveguide Physics 48 Expired
US5623356A Combined wavelength router and switch apparatus for use in a wavelength division multiplexed optical communication system Electricity 42 Expired
US4039249A Integrated optical devices including tunable fixed grating Physics 36 Expired
US4284663A Fabrication of optical waveguides by indiffusion of metals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US5923449A Optically restorable WDM ring network using simple add/drop circuitry Electricity 32 Expired
US4376946A Superluminescent LED with efficient coupling to optical waveguide Electricity 28 Expired
US5396507A Reflective digitally tunable laser Electricity 27 Expired
US5027435A Optical communication systems using Fabry-Perot cavities Physics 23 Expired
US5373517A Rapidly tunable integrated laser Electricity 23 Expired
US6549313B1 Broadbrand electronic N×N cross-connect switch using tunable lasers Electricity 22 Expired
US5509023A Laser control arrangement for tuning a laser Electricity 20 Expired
US4025156A Graded-index fiber for multimode optical communication Physics 18 Expired
US5077728A Frequency division multiple access network Electricity 18 Expired
US5425116A Tunable optical waveguide grating arrangement Physics 16 Expired
US4376138A Optical waveguides in InGaAsP and InP Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4573163A Longitudinal mode stabilized laser Electricity 15 Expired
US4198115A Fabry-Perot resonator using a birefringent crystal Physics 12 Expired
US4000937A Planar waveguide electrooptic prism deflector Physics 12 Expired
US5524014A Optical frequency translator Electricity 11 Expired
US5483369A Communication systems using passive RF routing Electricity 11 Expired
US3990775A Thin-film optical waveguide Physics 10 Expired
US4400813A Crenelated-ridge waveguide laser Electricity 10 Expired

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