Inventor · Ottawa, ON, CA

John Watkins

18Patents
9h-index
26Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 26, 1976 → Sep 16, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7599620B2 Communications network for a metropolitan area Electricity 38 Expired
US8073554B2 System and method for providing power management in a sensor network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Active
US6008987A Electronic circuitry Electricity 37 Expired
US6591399B1 Technique for facilitating circuitry design Physics 21 Expired
US6690848B2 Metropolitan photonic switch Electricity 20 Expired
US8050939B2 Methods and systems for use in the provision of services in an institutional setting such as a healthcare facility Physics 17 Active
US7430671B2 Systems and methods for preserving confidentiality of sensitive information in a point-of-care communications environment Electricity 12 Expired
US6128193A Enhanced humidity control for small modules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7079772B2 Optical signal generator with stabilized carrier frequency output Electricity 9 Expired
US7376836B2 Systems and methods for preventing an attack on healthcare data processing resources in a hospital information system Electricity 4 Expired
US7450520B2 Remote interface for a network device in the physical plant Electricity 3 Expired
US4135385A Method of determining the location of underwater pipeline leaks Physics 2 Expired
US7050667B2 Metropolitan photonic switch Electricity 2 Expired
US10453012B2 Evaluating communications feature utilization Electricity 1 Active
US8452275B2 Methods and systems for increasing wireless traffic capacity in the vicinity of an event site Electricity 1 Active
US7035541B2 Wavelength architecture and implementation for a photonically switched network Electricity 1 Expired
US8452335B2 Methods and systems for increasing wireless traffic capacity in the vicinity of an event site Electricity 0 Active
US7324506B1 Using DSL services to facilitate real-time communications in enterprise networks Electricity 0 Active

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