Inventor · Eugene, OR, US

Michael J. Munroe

28Patents
15h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 22, 1998 → Feb 16, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6292282A Time-wavelength multiple access optical communication systems and methods Electricity 64 Expired
US6314220A Segmented complex fiber gratings Physics 54 Expired
US6313771A Codes, methods, and apparatus for optical encoding and decoding Electricity 44 Expired
US6160656A Method and apparatus for optical correlation recognition by time-integrated nonlinear detection Physics 43 Expired
US6594421B1 Dynamically reconfigurable composite grating filters for temporal waveform processing Physics 42 Expired
US6865344B1 Code-switched optical networks Electricity 39 Expired
US7764719B2 Pulsed fiber laser Electricity 20 Active
US7782911B2 Method and apparatus for increasing fiber laser output power Electricity 19 Active
US6778102B1 Communication system and apparatus with synchronous orthogonal coding Electricity 18 Expired
US7885298B2 Method and apparatus for producing arbitrary pulsetrains from a harmonic fiber laser Electricity 18 Active
US7852549B2 Method and apparatus for pulsed harmonic ultraviolet lasers Physics 17 Active
US8630320B2 Method and apparatus for a hybrid mode-locked fiber laser Electricity 17 Active
US8630036B2 Method and system using phase modulation to reduce spectral broadening Electricity 16 Active
US8743453B2 Method and apparatus for pulsed harmonic ultraviolet lasers Physics 15 Active
US10218144B2 Solid state laser system Electricity 15 Active
US7065298B1 Code-based optical networks, methods, and apparatus Electricity 12 Expired
US10581325B1 Power converter with slope compensation Electricity 7 Active
US7733922B1 Method and apparatus for fast pulse harmonic fiber laser Electricity 7 Active
US10367484B2 Ramp based clock synchronization for stackable circuits Electricity 3 Active
US7433603B2 Using active and passive optical components for an optical network Electricity 2 Expired
US11381167B2 Power converter with slope compensation Electricity 2 Active
US7848012B2 Method and apparatus for continuous wave harmonic laser Physics 1 Active
US10481193B2 Programmable load transient circuit Electricity 1 Active
US10581416B2 External and dual ramp clock synchronization Electricity 1 Active
US11933669B2 Optical system for improved reliability and performance Physics 0 Active

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