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Dan E. Spears — 11 Patents

CICiena: 1 patents #757 of 1,406Top 55%
Brandon, FL: #7 of 191 inventorsTop 4%
Florida: #4,894 of 67,251 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Dan E. Spears has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ciena. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in July 2007. Dan E. Spears ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Dan E. Spears in Brandon, FL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7242859 Method and system for providing protection in an optical ring communication network Prasad Dasika 2007-07-10 $11,369,000
6099069 Device to selectively create drag on a transport vehicle for speed reduction 2000-08-08
5876088 Fairing assembly having door openings therein 1999-03-02
5729194 Backup system to position vehicle relative to stationary trailer during backing procedure Gerald J. Carey, II 1998-03-17
5653493 Fairing shell assembly having planar surfaces thereon 1997-08-05
5595419 Segmented air deflector assembly 1997-01-21
5536062 Cross wind conditioning for a tractor trailer combination 1996-07-16
5522637 Auxiliary braking panels for a tractor trailer combination 1996-06-04
5429411 Controls for tractor-trailer air deflector system 1995-07-04
5317880 Auxiliary braking and cooling device 1994-06-07
5092648 Air deflector system for tractor-trailers and controls therefor 1992-03-03