Inventor · Durham, NC, US

Mark D. Walters

25Patents
16h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 27, 1996 → Jun 23, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5914801A Microelectromechanical devices including rotating plates and related methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 200 Expired
US5758002A Routing and storage apparatus for optical fibers Physics 189 Expired
US5742982A Cable strain relief apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 140 Expired
US5778130A Optical fiber connector housing Physics 133 Expired
US6307997A Termination block for optical fiber cables Physics 121 Expired
US6220413A Retractable cable reel Physics 119 Expired
US6275320A MEMS variable optical attenuator Performing Operations; Transporting 108 Expired
US6386507B2 Microelectromechanical valves including single crystalline material components Electricity 77 Expired
USD395815S Spacer for optical fiber cables General 74 Expired
US5825962A Optical fiber splice housing Physics 64 Expired
US6428173B1 Moveable microelectromechanical mirror structures and associated methods Electricity 62 Expired
US6087747A Microelectromechanical beam for allowing a plate to rotate in relation to a frame in a microelectromechanical device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US6255757A Microactuators including a metal layer on distal portions of an arched beam Electricity 39 Expired
US6134042A Reflective mems actuator with a laser Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US6555201B1 Method for fabricating a microelectromechanical bearing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6457874B1 Wall mountable mixed media outlet Physics 25 Expired
US6256134A Microelectromechanical devices including rotating plates and related methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7097187B2 Suspension system for a motor vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US6504968B1 Optical switches including reflectors having associated actuators and latches located adjacent to a surface thereof and methods of operating same Physics 7 Expired
USD402631S Adapter panel for an optical fiber distribution frame General 6 Expired
USD491109S1 Vehicle General 5 Expired
USD697442S1 Compact aircraft system tester General 2 Active
US8672102B2 Brake system for a motor vehicle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US6636655B2 MEMS optical switches having obliquely angled inputs and outputs relative to a face thereof and moveable reflectors with parallel positions therein and methods of forming same Physics 0 Expired
US10254114B2 Terrain sensor node system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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