Yao Li
78Patents
15h-index
57Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 15, 1988 → Jun 2, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5532856A | Planar optical mesh-connected tree interconnect network | Electricity | 63 | Expired |
| US9482819B2 | WDM Mux/DeMux on cable and methods of making the same | Physics | 61 | Active |
| US9983374B2 | WDM Mux/DeMux on cable and methods of making the same | Physics | 56 | Active |
| US8488244B1 | Ultra compact optical multiplexer or demultiplexer | Physics | 55 | Active |
| US5333117A | Parallel MSD arithmetic using an opto-electronic shared content-addressable memory processor | Physics | 51 | Expired |
| US5495356A | Multidimensional switching networks | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US5953143A | Multidimensional switching networks | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US6016376A | Tapered coherent fiber bundle imaging device for near-field optical microscopy | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US5781671A | Free-space angle-multiplexed optical interconnect network | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US7843644B1 | Compact free-space WDM device with one-sided input/output ports | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US7212343B1 | Compact wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer and method for making the same | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US5465379A | Optical mesh-connected bus interconnect for a computer | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US9551833B1 | Ultra compact free-space multiplexer/demultiplexer | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US6707967B2 | Efficient sampled bragg gratings for WDM applications | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US8537468B1 | Ultra compact optical multiplexer or demultiplexer | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US5673344A | Bi-directional light port for injecting light into and tapping light from a side of an optical fiber | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US9599785B2 | Fiber module rack system | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US5126874A | Method and apparatus for creating transient optical elements and circuits | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US9401773B1 | Compact multi-channel WDM devices for high-speed data communications | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US6058228A | Cost-effective side-coupling polymer fiber optics for optical interconnections | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US9625668B2 | Optic fiber module rack system | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US7912374B1 | High isolation wavelength division devices | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US8351791B1 | Optical devices with built-in isolators | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US7013069B1 | Method and apparatus for separating channel signals | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5136530A | Ultrafast digital optical signal processing using a Venn diagram based spatial encoding technique | Physics | 9 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.