Patrick P. Iannone
54Patents
13h-index
25Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 27, 1989 → Mar 31, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5694234A | Wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network including broadcast overlay | Electricity | 76 | Expired |
| US5907417A | Passive optical network with diagnostic loop-back | Electricity | 75 | Expired |
| US5680234A | Passive optical network with bi-directional optical spectral slicing and loop-back | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| 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 |
| US6271947A | Simultaneous wavelength-division multiplexing and broadcast transmission system | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US6466342B1 | Optical transmission system and method using an optical carrier drop/add transceiver | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US5574584A | Wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network with bi-directional optical spectral slicing | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US5808764A | Multiple star, passive optical network based on remote interrogation of terminal equipment | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US5027435A | Optical communication systems using Fabry-Perot cavities | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US8238751B1 | Method and apparatus for enabling multiple optical line termination devices to share a feeder fiber | Electricity | 23 | Active |
| US6381047B1 | Passive optical network using a fabry-perot laser as a multiwavelength source | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US7042559B1 | Fault location apparatus and procedures in CWDM business applications using wavelength selective OTDR | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US5742414A | Multiplicity of services via a wavelength division router | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6577422B1 | Long reach delivery of broadcast services using broadband optical sources and pre-compensation dispersion | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US7283688B2 | Method, apparatus and system for minimally intrusive fiber identification | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US8699881B1 | Method and apparatus for providing passive optical networks with extended reach and/or split | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US6181453A | Method and apparatus for laser performance enhancement | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7006767B1 | System for transparent node for WDM shared “virtual ring” networks | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US8023774B2 | Method, apparatus and system for minimally intrusive fiber identification | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US8224183B1 | Method and apparatus for enabling multiple passive optical networks to share one or more sources | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7446933B2 | Multi-band hybrid SOA-Raman amplifier for CWDM | Electricity | 6 | 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 |
| 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 |
| US6697574B2 | Multiple input waveguide grating router for broadcast and multicast services | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7158722B1 | Method for operating transparent node for WDM shared “virtual ring” networks | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.