Inventor · Harrisburg, PA, US

John C. Hoffer

25Patents
22h-index
30Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 16, 1981 → Apr 23, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.