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Wayne H. Knox — 104 Patents

ATAT&T: 71 patents #141 of 18,772Top 1%
URUniversity Of Rochester: 31 patents #1 of 1,162Top 1%
BIBausch & Lomb Incorporated: 4 patents #127 of 658Top 20%
RTRochester Institute Of Technology: 2 patents #35 of 250Top 15%
AGAgere Systems Guardian: 1 patents #274 of 810Top 35%
Rochester, NY: #16 of 6,268 inventorsTop 1%
New York: #516 of 115,490 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #13,407 of 4,157,543Top 1%
104 Patents All Time
Wayne H. Knox has been granted 104 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in October 2025. Wayne H. Knox ranks #13,407 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.32%). Patent records list Wayne H. Knox in Rochester, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 18 patents in 2024.peak 181983: 1 patents19831990: 1 patents1991: 2 patents1993: 1 patents19931995: 2 patents1996: 1 patents1997: 3 patents19971998: 3 patents1999: 6 patents2000: 8 patents20002001: 2 patents2002: 3 patents2003: 2 patents20032006: 2 patents2008: 2 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents2013: 3 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 3 patents2016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 4 patents2020: 5 patents20202021: 1 patents2023: 8 patents2024: 18 patents20242025: 16 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 104 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12457037 Radio frequency signal transmission using free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee 2025-10-28
12445207 Reducing scintillation noise in free-space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee, Alexander B. LeBon, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2025-10-14
12372453 Device, system and method for the detection and screening of plastic microparticles Gregory Madejski, James L. McGrath 2025-07-29
12355495 Temperature control of an optical source in free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee 2025-07-08
12355551 Broadband wavelength division multiplexing for free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2025-07-08
12348267 Broadband optical system with semiconductor optical amplifier Thomas M. Chaffee 2025-07-01
12348268 Free space optical communications using a remote optical head Thomas M. Chaffee, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2025-07-01
12316376 Broadband impulsive coding with amplified spontaneous emission source for free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee 2025-05-27
12316374 Free space optical communications using a spectrally-equalizing amplifier Thomas M. Chaffee 2025-05-27
12278665 Impulsive detection techniques in free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee 2025-04-15
12250021 Active feedback noise reduction for free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee 2025-03-11
12244350 Reducing scintillation noise in free-space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee, Alexander B. LeBon, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2025-03-04
12244341 Radio frequency signal transmission using free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee 2025-03-04
12237914 Broadband wavelength division multiplexing for free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2025-02-25
12232951 Optical material and method for modifying the refractive index Li Ding, Jay F. Kunzler, Dharmendra Jani 2025-02-25
12206451 Free space optical communications using a remote optical head Thomas M. Chaffee, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2025-01-21
12184336 Temperature control of an optical source in free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee 2024-12-31
12184326 Free space optical communications using a spectrally-equalizing amplifier Thomas M. Chaffee 2024-12-31
12149290 Impulsive detection techniques in free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee 2024-11-19
12119875 Free space optical communications using multi-detectors Thomas M. Chaffee, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2024-10-15
12119871 Reducing scintillation noise in free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee, Alexander B. LeBon, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2024-10-15
12113580 Reducing scintillation noise in free-space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee, Alexander B. LeBon, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2024-10-08
12095504 Reducing scintillation noise in free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee, Alexander B. LeBon, Brian M. Gregory, Taz M. Colangelo 2024-09-17
12076278 Method for modifying the refractive index of ocular tissues and applications thereof Krystel R. Huxlin 2024-09-03 $1,641,000
12052059 Impulsive detection techniques in free space optical communications Thomas M. Chaffee 2024-07-30

Frequent Collaborators

Thomas M. Chaffee36 shared
Li Ding18 shared
Taz M. Colangelo17 shared
Brian M. Gregory17 shared
Dharmendra Jani14 shared
Alexander B. LeBon11 shared

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