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Nathan E. Hardwick, III — 9 Patents

ATAT&T: 7 patents #2,622 of 18,772Top 15%
FUFitel Usa: 1 patents #112 of 266Top 45%
Dunwoody, GA: #62 of 471 inventorsTop 15%
Georgia: #3,864 of 35,610 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Nathan E. Hardwick, III has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in June 2002. Nathan E. Hardwick, III ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Nathan E. Hardwick, III in Dunwoody, GA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2002Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2001.peak 31987: 1 patents19871990: 1 patents19901992: 1 patents19921995: 1 patents19951999: 1 patents19992001: 3 patents20012002: 1 patents2002

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6404962 Groups of optical fibers closely bound by easily removable buffer encasements, and associated fiber optic cables Kenneth W. Jackson, Clyde Jefferson Lever, Richard Norris, Jim J. Sheu, Richard D. Small +2 more 2002-06-11
6321013 Stacks of optical fiber ribbons closely bound by respective buffer encasements, associated methods, and associated fiber optic cables Kenneth W. Jackson, Clyde Jefferson Lever, Richard Norris, Jim J. Sheu, Richard D. Small +2 more 2001-11-20 $31,582,000
6317542 Fiber optic cables with multiple stacks of optical fiber ribbons Kenneth W. Jackson, Clyde Jefferson Lever, Richard Norris, Jim J. Sheu, Richard D. Small +2 more 2001-11-13 $17,484,000
6215932 Stacks of optical fiber ribbons closely bound by respective buffer encasements with relatively hard exteriors and relatively soft interiors, associated methods, and associated fiber optic cables Kenneth W. Jackson, Clyde Jefferson Lever, Richard Norris, Jim J. Sheu, Richard D. Small +2 more 2001-04-10 $15,947,000
5896482 Optical fiber cable for underwater use using terrestrial optical fiber cable John James Blee, Krishnaswamy Kathiresan 1999-04-20 $122,398,000
5448669 Hybrid communications cable for enhancement of transmission capability Lawrence R. Dunn, David M. Mitchell, Robert P. Mohalley, Peter A. Woog 1995-09-05
5131064 Cable having lightning protective sheath system Candido J. Arroyo, Michael D. Kinard, Wing Liu, Parbhubhai D. Patel, Walter J. Paucke +1 more 1992-07-14
4974926 Underwater optical fiber cable John James Blee, LaVerne C. Hotchkiss, Dan L. Philen 1990-12-04
4662713 Optical fiber connector and articles connected therewith Scott T. Davies, Paul F. Gagen 1987-05-05