Inventor

Yoshinao Iwamoto

22Patents
10h-index
24Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 30, 1974 → Jul 6, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4641915A Rotary joint for optical fibers Physics 63 Expired
US4637686A Optical fiber with light reflecting particles dispersed through buffer layers to dissipate leaky cladding modes Physics 37 Expired
US4923291A Optical amplification Electricity 36 Expired
US4438401A System for detecting a cable buried under the seabed Physics 26 Expired
US4544233A Underwater optical fiber connector Physics 24 Expired
US4899043A Fault monitoring system for optical fiber communication systems Electricity 23 Expired
US4972513A Multi-point optical amplification repeating system Electricity 18 Expired
US4747094A Signal coupling system for optical repeater system Electricity 16 Expired
US4537530A Marine cable burying method and device therefor Electricity 13 Expired
US4911522A Core alignment system for optical fibers Physics 13 Expired
US3983475A Frequency selective detecting system for detecting alternating magnetic fields Physics 8 Expired
US4317079A Buried cable locating system Physics 7 Expired
US4764980A System for measuring delay time variation in optical fiber digital communication system Electricity 7 Expired
US4625172A Apparatus for supplying AC current to an underwater cable Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US4933990A Optical privacy communication system in two-way optical transmission system Electricity 6 Expired
US4384808A Under-water cable burying device Electricity 4 Expired
US4678371A Burying device for submarine cables and method for guiding the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US4492492A Guiding method for cable burying device and a device therefor Electricity 4 Expired
US10327799B2 Scissors Human Necessities 3 Active
US4540942A Alternating current induction method using an annular magnetic coupling body for detecting the position of a buried submarine cable Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US5048922A Optical fiber cable Physics 1 Expired
US9506143B2 Protective film and method for producing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.