Richard D. Small
21Patents
14h-index
20Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 13, 1983 → Sep 25, 2002
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6404962B1 | Groups of optical fibers closely bound by easily removable buffer encasements, and associated fiber optic cables | Physics | 88 | Expired |
| US6321013A | Stacks of optical fiber ribbons closely bound by respective buffer encasements, associated methods, and associated fiber optic cables | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US6430344B1 | Communication cable having enhanced crush resistance | Physics | 71 | Expired |
| US4554229A | Multilayer hybrid integrated circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Expired |
| US6504979B1 | Water blocking optical fiber cable | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US6324324A | Communication cable having reduced jacket shrinkage | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US4511757A | Circuit board fabrication leading to increased capacity | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 38 | Expired |
| US6778745B2 | Optical fiber cable apparatus having encased ribbon stack | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6317542A | Fiber optic cables with multiple stacks of optical fiber ribbons | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US4628022A | Multilayer circuit board fabrication process and polymer insulator used therein | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US6487345B1 | Communication cable having reduced jacket shrinkage | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6594427B1 | Communication cable having polypropylene copolymer jacketing material | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6215932A | Stacks of optical fiber ribbons closely bound by respective buffer encasements with relatively hard exteriors and relatively soft interiors, associated methods, and associated fiber optic cables | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US4795693A | Multilayer circuit board fabrication process | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US5055164A | Electrodepositable photoresists for manufacture of hybrid circuit boards | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US6035088A | Method and apparatus for access of optical fibers in a ribbon | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US4601972A | Photodefinable triazine based composition | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6600859B2 | Composite modular optical fiber ribbon | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US6611646B1 | Hybrid strength member for an optical cable | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US6778744B2 | Dielectric optical fiber cable having reduced preferential bending | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6217809A | Methods for splicing dielectric strength tapes utilized in communication cables | Physics | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.