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Simon Cao — 90 Patents

AVAvanex: 75 patents #1 of 269Top 1%
Fujitsu Limited: 22 patents #1,239 of 24,456Top 6%
MAMaterion: 5 patents #28 of 190Top 15%
EDE-Tek Dynamics: 1 patents #23 of 44Top 55%
M(Mitac Research (Shanghai): 1 patents #2 of 19Top 15%
MIMitac International: 1 patents #90 of 208Top 45%
Overall (All Time): #17,911 of 4,157,543Top 1%
90 Patents All Time
Simon Cao has been granted 90 US patents while listed as an inventor at Avanex. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in July 2019. Simon Cao ranks #17,911 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.43%). Patent records list Simon Cao in Shanghai, CA, CN.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 90 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10353280 Optically enhanced solid-state light converters Yuyong Huang 2019-07-16 $10,846,000
9933612 Unbalanced hub design Xin Liu, Irene Junjuan Xu 2018-04-03 $6,553,000
9733469 Unbalanced hub design Xin Liu, Irene Junjuan Xu 2017-08-15 $4,451,000
9606348 Optical wheel Louis Chen, Chai Sing Lim 2017-03-28 $4,584,000
9470398 Compact light engine Louis Chen, Shengyuan Bai 2016-10-18 $4,537,000
9294894 Call reminder system 2016-03-22
7236704 Optical add/drop multiplexer utilizing variable optical attenuator 2007-06-26 $2,702,000
7193778 Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion Masataka Shirasaki 2007-03-20
7158697 Optical multiplexer and demultiplexer apparatus utilizing multiple polarization beam splitters and reflection interferometers Xuehua Wu, Yuezhong Feng, Xixiang Chen, Giovanni Barbarossa 2007-01-02
7158304 Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion Masataka Shirasaki 2007-01-02
7075723 Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion Masataka Shirasaki 2006-07-11
7009770 Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple polarization beam splitters and non-linear interferometers 2006-03-07 $3,615,000
6947216 Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion Masataka Shirasaki 2005-09-20
6909550 Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion Masataka Shirasaki 2005-06-21
6885821 Full-duplex optical add/drop communications system utilizing central light sources Thomas Cooney 2005-04-26 $3,242,000
6865024 Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple polarization beam splitters and non-linear interferometers 2005-03-08 $1,499,000
6853488 Reflection-type optical circulator utilizing a lens and birefringent plates 2005-02-08 $1,575,000
6853487 Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple polarization beam splitters and non-linear interferometers Shudong Wu 2005-02-08 $1,575,000
6786611 Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion Masataka Shirasaki 2004-09-07
6781758 Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion Masataka Shirasaki 2004-08-24
6778780 WDM utilizing grating-based channel separators Olga Gorbounova, Kenneth John Bystrom, Hubert Vollmer 2004-08-17 $1,988,000
6760158 Multi-functional optical device utilizing multiple polarization beam splitters and non-linear interferometers 2004-07-06 $2,111,000
6748140 Method, system and apparatus for chromatic dispersion compensation utilizing a Gires-Tournois interferometer Shudong Wu 2004-06-08 $7,155,000
6744991 Tunable chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased array 2004-06-01 $3,667,000
6721078 Switchable interleaved channel separator devices and systems 2004-04-13 $12,819,000