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Lynn Nelson — 22 Patents

ATAT&T: 18 patents #924 of 18,772Top 5%
FUFitel Usa: 1 patents #112 of 266Top 45%
MTMassachusetts Inst. Of Technology: 1 patents #5 of 17Top 30%
MIT: 1 patents #4,386 of 9,367Top 50%
FCFurukawa Electric Co.: 1 patents #1,270 of 2,370Top 55%
Matawan, NJ: #13 of 224 inventorsTop 6%
New Jersey: #3,574 of 69,400 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Lynn Nelson has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in October 2017. Lynn Nelson ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Lynn Nelson in Matawan, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2002.peak 41996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002002: 4 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 1 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 3 patents2017: 2 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9794020 Distributed spatial mode processing for spatial-mode multiplexed communication systems Xiang Zhou, Peter D. Magill 2017-10-17 $32,555,000
9608762 Distributed spatial mode processing for spatial-mode multiplexed communication systems Xiang Zhou, Peter D. Magill 2017-03-28 $47,418,000
9515742 System and methods for adaptive equalization for optical modulation formats Xiang Zhou 2016-12-06 $40,720,000
9312981 Distributed spatial mode processing for spatial-mode multiplexed communication systems Xiang Zhou, Peter D. Magill 2016-04-12 $28,766,000
9252988 System and methods for adaptive equalization for optical modulation formats Xiang Zhou 2016-02-02 $26,613,000
9197356 Distributed spatial mode processing for spatial-mode multiplexed communication systems Xiang Zhou, Peter D. Magill 2015-11-24 $41,043,000
9031419 Optical networks using multi-spatial mode media Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Martin Birk, Michael Brodsky, Xiang Zhou, Mark David Feuer 2015-05-12 $34,479,000
8390797 Enhanced optical time-domain reflectometer resolution using depolarization of light source Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Jonathan Nagel 2013-03-05 $19,542,000
8160442 Interferometric optical signal-to-noise ratio measurement using a calibration factor Mikhail Brodsky, Mark David Feuer, Jungmi Oh 2012-04-17 $14,340,000
8160443 Calibration factor for interferometric optical signal-to-noise ratio measurement Mikhail Brodsky, Mark David Feuer, Jungmi Oh 2012-04-17 $14,340,000
8139952 System and method for measuring the extinction ratio of an optical transmitter using an interferogram wing-to-peak ratio Mikhail Brodsky, Jungmi Oh, Cristian Antonelli, Paul Shala Henry 2012-03-20 $26,254,000
7206123 Raman amplifier, pump source for use in a raman amplifier and method for amplifying an optical signal Yoshihiro Emori, Jake Bromage, Shu Namiki 2007-04-17 $274,000
7082228 Multiple order PMD compensator for optical fiber transmission system 2006-07-25 $5,875,000
6768541 Chromatic dispersion measurement James P. Gordon, Robert Meachem Jopson, Herwig Werner Kogelnik 2004-07-27 $28,525,000
6519027 Polarization mode dispersion measurement James P. Gordon, Robert Meachem Jopson, Herwig Werner Kogelnik 2003-02-11 $8,140,000
6385356 Method and apparatus for compensating for higher order PMD in a fiber transmission system Robert Meachem Jopson, Herwig Werner Kogelnik 2002-05-07 $10,425,000
6385357 Method and apparatus for compensating for higher order paid PMD in a fiber transmission system at the fiber output Robert Meachem Jopson, Herwig Werner Kogelnik 2002-05-07 $10,425,000
6380533 Method for measurement of first-and second-order polarization mode dispersion vectors in optical fibers Robert Meachem Jopson, Herwig Werner Kogelnik 2002-04-30 $14,662,000
6381048 Wavelength division multiplexed system having reduced cross-phase modulation Andrew R. Chraplyvy, Robert Meachem Jopson, Thomas Andrew Strasser 2002-04-30 $14,662,000
6144450 Apparatus and method for improving the accuracy of polarization mode dispersion measurements Robert Meachem Jopson, Herwig Werner Kogelnik 2000-11-07 $43,205,000
5617434 Stretched-pulse fiber laser Kohichi Tamura, Erich P. Ippen, Hermann A. Haus, Christopher Doerr 1997-04-01
5513194 Stretched-pulse fiber laser Kohichi Tamura, Erich P. Ipen, Hermann S. Haus, Christopher Doerr 1996-04-30