John C. Hoffer
25Patents
22h-index
30Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 16, 1981 → Apr 23, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5613030A | High density fiber optic interconnection enclosure | Physics | 388 | Expired |
| US4611887A | Fiber optic connector assembly and wall outlet thereof | Physics | 220 | Expired |
| US5076656A | High precision optical fiber connectors | Physics | 193 | Expired |
| US5157749A | High precision optical fiber connectors | Physics | 120 | Expired |
| US5933563A | Cable enclosure with pass through | Physics | 106 | Expired |
| US4798440A | Fiber optic connector assembly | Physics | 99 | Expired |
| US5577151A | Optical fiber splice tray and cover | Physics | 98 | Expired |
| US7070459B2 | Non-orthogonal cable management system | Physics | 97 | Expired |
| US5166995A | Polarized connector | Physics | 97 | Expired |
| US5259052A | High precision optical fiber connectors | Physics | 87 | Expired |
| US4547039A | Housing mountable on printed circuit board to interconnect fiber optic connectors | Physics | 67 | Expired |
| US4960317A | Wall outlet for a fiber optic connector assembly | Physics | 66 | Expired |
| US5566269A | Strain relieving holder for optical fiber cable | Physics | 66 | Expired |
| US8093499B2 | Cable management system | Physics | 65 | Active |
| US4666240A | Splice organizer for optical cable splices | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US4477146A | Optical waveguide connector | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US4418983A | Optical waveguide connector | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US7220145B2 | Patch panel system | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US4846564A | Packaging a bare optical fiber interconnection | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US4685764A | Splice organizer for optical cable splices | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US4759600A | Holder for fiber optic connectors | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US5311614A | Single mode fiber optic variable attenuator with supported optical fiber | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US4854660A | Linear translation switch with optical fibers | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US4874218A | Reversible Optical Switch | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7123808B2 | Cable management system | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.