Thomas E. Darcie
55Patents
21h-index
48Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 18, 1985 → Nov 17, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4730888A | Optimized guided wave communication system | Electricity | 227 | Expired |
| US5528582A | Network apparatus and method for providing two way broadband communications | Electricity | 153 | Expired |
| US5519691A | Arrangement for and method of providing radio frequency access to a switching system | Electricity | 146 | Expired |
| US6577714B1 | Map-based directory system | Electricity | 133 | Expired |
| US6493335B1 | Method and system for providing low-cost high-speed data services | Electricity | 121 | Expired |
| US5559624A | Communication system based on remote interrogation of terminal equipment | Electricity | 96 | Expired |
| US5864672A | System for converter for providing downstream second FDM signals over access path and upstream FDM signals sent to central office over the second path | Electricity | 76 | Expired |
| US5694234A | Wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network including broadcast overlay | Electricity | 76 | Expired |
| US5907417A | Passive optical network with diagnostic loop-back | Electricity | 75 | Expired |
| US4701904A | Optical local area network employing microwave modulation techniques | Electricity | 73 | Expired |
| US6195362A | Resource pooling system and method in communication systems | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US5680234A | Passive optical network with bi-directional optical spectral slicing and loop-back | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US5790287A | Optical communication system with improved maintenance capabilities | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US5815295A | Optical communication system with improved maintenance capabilities | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US5822102A | Passive optical network employing upconverted 16-cap signals | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US5373385A | Method and apparatus for reduction of optical communication system impairments | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US6751417B1 | Fiber and wire communication system | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US5574584A | Wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network with bi-directional optical spectral slicing | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US7190903B1 | Fiber and wire communication system | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US9451451B2 | System for regulating wireless device operations in wireless networks | Electricity | 23 | Active |
| US5020049A | Optical sub-carrier multiplex television transmission system using a linear laser diode | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US6654563B1 | Fiber/wired communication system | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US7006804B1 | High-speed two-way point-to-point transmission | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US7369715B2 | Photonic link using angle modulation and method of use thereof | Electricity | 19 | Active |
| US4789980A | Switching techniques for FDM communication systems | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.