Inventor · Austin, TX, US

James B. Carpenter

18Patents
14h-index
33Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 29, 1991 → Oct 4, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7369738B2 Optical connector and fiber distribution unit Physics 106 Active
US5732173A Microreplicated optical module Physics 90 Expired
US5732174A Bare fiber connector Physics 73 Expired
US10488597B2 Connector for connecting two bare optical fibers Physics 56 Active
US5155787A Multiple optical fiber splice element having ramped porch Physics 47 Expired
US5151964A Wedge-actuated multiple optical fiber splice Physics 42 Expired
US5159653A Optical fiber splice Physics 38 Expired
US5734770A Cleave and bevel fiber optic connector Physics 37 Expired
US7194179B1 Assembly tool and optical connector assembly method Physics 25 Expired
US5812718A Method for connecting optical fibers and the interconnection Physics 24 Expired
US6763686B2 Method for selective photosensitization of optical fiber Physics 19 Expired
US5563974A Tool for connector with cleaved optical fiber Physics 17 Expired
US7001084B2 Fiber splice device Physics 15 Expired
US7454117B2 Fiber splicing and gripping device Physics 15 Active
US7333709B2 Splice holder device Physics 6 Expired
US7558459B2 Splice holder device Physics 3 Active
US6857293B2 Apparatus for selective photosensitization of optical fiber Physics 2 Expired
US6898360B2 Sectionally photosensitive optical waveguides Physics 0 Expired

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