Inventor · Naperville, IL, US

John E. Lopata

45Patents
22h-index
49Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 25, 1978 → Jun 27, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6280209A Connector with improved performance characteristics Electricity 141 Expired
US6945796B2 Impedance-tuned connector Electricity 112 Expired
US6454605B1 Impedance-tuned termination assembly and connectors incorporating same Electricity 87 Expired
US5149915A Hybrid shielded cable Electricity 82 Expired
US5125854A Modular electrical connector Electricity 69 Expired
US6368155B1 Intelligent sensing connectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US5094634A Electrical connector employing terminal pins Electricity 62 Expired
US6457983B1 Impedance-tuned connector Electricity 56 Expired
US5104326A Printed circuit board shielded electrical connector Electricity 47 Expired
US6299487A Connector with wear-resistant engagement means Electricity 44 Expired
US4191334A Cable tie Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US4891023A Circuit card edge connector and terminal therefor Electricity 37 Expired
US6315608A Channel isolation shield Electricity 32 Expired
US5052949A Shielded electrical connector Electricity 30 Expired
US5102353A Electrical connectors Electricity 30 Expired
US5696669A Shielding system for PC cards Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US6936917B2 Power delivery connector for integrated circuits utilizing integrated capacitors Electricity 26 Expired
US5679018A Circuit card connector utilizing flexible film circuitry Electricity 25 Expired
US6493368B1 Lateral injection vertical cavity surface-emitting laser Electricity 24 Expired
US6379184B1 Connectors with reduced noise characteristics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5208821A Buried heterostructure lasers using MOCVD growth over patterned substrates Electricity 23 Expired
US7095619B2 Power delivery to base of processor Electricity 22 Expired
US6036519A Circuit card connector utilizing flexible film circuitry Electricity 20 Expired
US6575789B2 Impedance-tuned termination assembly and connectors incorporating same Electricity 19 Expired
US5212395A P-I-N photodiodes with transparent conductive contacts Electricity 19 Expired

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