Peter Healey
32Patents
12h-index
20Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 26, 1986 → Mar 18, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5013140A | Optical space switch | Physics | 81 | Expired |
| US4923269A | Bidirectional optical space switch | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US4952010A | Optical space switch | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US5185814A | Optical fiber communications network including plural amplifiers with single pump source | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US5428466A | Neural networks | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 31 | Expired |
| US4815803A | Optical signal network with node by-pass switching capability | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US7848645B2 | Identifying or locating waveguides | Electricity | 26 | Active |
| US5153933A | Apparatus for generating a comb of optical teeth of different wavelengths | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US7796896B2 | Secure optical communication | Electricity | 17 | Active |
| US7995197B2 | Distributed backscattering | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US5165080A | Optical distributor | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US7667849B2 | Optical sensor with interferometer for sensing external physical disturbance of optical communications link | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US7656535B2 | Optical system and method for inferring a disturbance | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US7817279B2 | Sensing a disturbance | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US5485296A | Monitor unit for monitoring an optical waveguide | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5504607A | Optical interconnection network | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US8003932B2 | Evaluating the position of a disturbance | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US5212587A | Binary tree switching network | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US8000609B2 | Communicating or reproducing an audible sound | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US7961331B2 | Sensing a disturbance along an optical path | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US7974182B2 | Evaluating the position of a disturbance | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US8670662B2 | Evaluating the position of an optical fiber disturbance | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US8027584B2 | Sensing a disturbance | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US8396360B2 | Communicating information | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8045174B2 | Assessing a network | Electricity | 6 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.