Thomas S. Afferton
5Patents
4h-index
12Co-inventors
46Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 22, 1998 → Mar 26, 2004
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6278689A | Optical cross-connect restoration technique | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US6452906B1 | Fault detection and isolation in a synchronous optical network (SONET) and in a synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) network | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US7167444B1 | Family ring protection technique | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7570886B1 | Network with optical bandwidth on demand | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US8532137B1 | Network architecture for a packet aware transport network | Electricity | 4 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.