Martin Birk
68Patents
12h-index
49Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 20, 2001 → Jun 14, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US10009067B2 | Method and apparatus for configuring a communication interface | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 313 | Active |
| US10411920B2 | Methods and apparatus for inducing electromagnetic waves within pathways of a cable | Electricity | 205 | Active |
| US10505248B2 | Communication cable having a plurality of uninsulated conductors forming interstitial areas for propagating electromagnetic waves therein and method of use | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 143 | Active |
| US10505252B2 | Communication system having a coupler for guiding electromagnetic waves through interstitial areas formed by a plurality of stranded uninsulated conductors and method of use | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 143 | Active |
| US10505249B2 | Communication system having a cable with a plurality of stranded uninsulated conductors forming interstitial areas for guiding electromagnetic waves therein and method of use | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 143 | Active |
| US10505250B2 | Communication system having a cable with a plurality of stranded uninsulated conductors forming interstitial areas for propagating guided wave modes therein and methods of use | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 143 | Active |
| US10516555B2 | Methods and apparatus for creating interstitial areas in a cable | Electricity | 130 | Active |
| US10554454B2 | Methods and apparatus for inducing electromagnetic waves in a cable | Electricity | 115 | Active |
| US10560152B2 | Method and apparatus for configuring a communication interface | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 57 | Active |
| US7466919B1 | System for flexible multiple broadcast service delivery over a WDM passive optical network based on RF block-conversion, of RF service bands within wavelength bands | Electricity | 53 | Active |
| US11025460B2 | Methods and apparatus for accessing interstitial areas of a cable | Electricity | 25 | Active |
| US7415206B1 | Arrangement for characterizing and reducing multi-path interference (MPI) and/or optical return loss (ORL) in optical transmission links having multiple discrete reflection sources | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US6813067B1 | Method and apparatus for providing a broadband raman amplifier with improved noise performance | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US6826208B1 | Nonlinear transmission line integrated circuit | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US7171070B1 | Arrangement for low cost path protection for optical communications networks | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7570886B1 | Network with optical bandwidth on demand | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US7085495B2 | System for flexible multiple broadcast service delivery over a WDM passive optical network based on RF block-conversion of RF service bands within wavelength bands | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7389018B1 | Arrangement for low cost path protection for optical communications networks | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US10686544B2 | Machine learning techniques for selecting paths in multi-vendor reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer networks | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7286761B2 | Method of flexible multiple broadcast service delivery over a WDM passive optical network based on RF Block-conversion of RF service bands within wavelength bands | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7228027B1 | Arrangement for low cost path protection for optical communications networks | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7142356B2 | Fast dynamic gain control in an optical fiber amplifier | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US10200121B2 | Reachability determination in wavelength division multiplexing network based upon fiber loss measurements | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7446932B2 | Method, apparatus and system for cost effective optical transmission with fast Raman tilt transient control | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7769302B1 | Method and apparatus for adjusting for polarization-induced, optical signal transients | Electricity | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.