William A. Thompson
15Patents
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30Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 3, 1975 → Jun 16, 2004
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4046394A | Shopping cart | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 60 | Expired |
| US6249510A | Signal protection system for bi-direction ring network | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US6243179A | Banded add drop device | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US6798567B2 | Method and apparatus for controlling power transients in an optical communication system | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US5485633A | Method for transmitting a message to multiple communication units | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US6973268B1 | Bi-directional optical transmission using dual channel bands | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US6313940A | System based control of optical amplifier transmission functions | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5001866A | Gasket assembly | Fixed Constructions | 9 | Expired |
| US4478019A | Structural foam partitions | Fixed Constructions | 7 | Expired |
| US6559988B1 | Optical wavelength add/drop multiplexer for dual signal transmission rates | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US7286763B2 | Optical add/drop multiplexer having a banded channel configuration | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7957643B2 | Method and apparatus for automatically controlling optical signal power in optical transmission systems | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7263285B2 | Method, apparatus and system for the automatic provisioning of a network element | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US6937823B2 | Method for preventing lasing in an optical ring network | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US7161734B2 | Method and apparatus for controlling power transients in an optical communication system | Electricity | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.