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Stephen B. Alexander — 28 Patents

CICiena: 26 patents #24 of 1,406Top 2%
Ford: 2 patents #6,478 of 17,473Top 40%
Annapolis, MD: #10 of 661 inventorsTop 2%
Maryland: #678 of 35,612 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Stephen B. Alexander has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ciena. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in June 2025. Stephen B. Alexander ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Stephen B. Alexander in Annapolis, MD, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1998.peak 51996: 3 patents19961997: 1 patents1998: 5 patents19981999: 1 patents2001: 2 patents20012002: 2 patents2003: 1 patents20032008: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12334981 Software programmable flexible and dynamic optical transceivers Michael Y. Frankel 2025-06-17
11463176 Optical interconnects for a programmable virtualized self-optimizing signal processor Michael Y. Frankel 2022-10-04 $6,331,000
11283524 Software programmable flexible and dynamic optical transceivers Michael Y. Frankel 2022-03-22 $31,734,000
11184234 Self-optimizing fabric architecture and self-assembling network Kaniz Mahdi, Nigel Davis, Mahdi Hirab, Sergio Slobodrian, David Jordan Krauss 2021-11-23 $11,071,000
10708976 Methods and systems for a vehicle computing system to wirelessly communicate data Peter Treman, Kenneth James McCaffrey 2020-07-07 $2,344,000
10171169 Software programmable flexible and dynamic optical transceivers Michael Y. Frankel 2019-01-01
9715442 Method and apparatus for in-vehicle hardware and software testing Peter Treman, Jason Brown 2017-07-25 $7,192,000
9503443 Secure access systems and methods to network elements operating in a network David Jordan Krauss, Loudon T. Blair 2016-11-22 $7,373,000
9191117 High-speed optical transponder systems Michael Y. Frankel, Steve W. Chaddick, Roy C. Litz, Cecil D. Smith 2015-11-17 $10,013,000
8582705 Serializer-deserializer circuit with multi-format and multi-data rate capability Michael Y. Frankel, John P. Mateosky 2013-11-12 $10,841,000
8306424 Remodulating channel selectors for WDM optical communication systems Steve W. Chaddick, Roy C. Litz, Cecil D. Smith 2012-11-06 $1,934,000
7809270 Remodulating channel selectors for WDM optical communication systems Steve W. Chaddick, Roy C. Litz, Cecil D. Smith 2010-10-05 $2,948,000
7369780 Remodulating channel selectors for WDM optical communication systems Steve W. Chaddick, Roy C. Litz, Cecil D. Smith 2008-05-06 $10,949,000
6618176 Remodulating channel selectors for WDM optical communication systems Steve W. Chaddick, Roy C. Litz, Cecil D. Smith 2003-09-09 $30,540,000
6404948 Dense WDM optical multiplexer and demultiplexer Jean-Luc Archambault, Victor Mizrahi, Henry H. Yaffe 2002-06-11 $17,525,000
6344915 System and method for shutting off an optical energy source in a communication system having optical amplifiers Cecil D. Smith, Roy C. Litz, Robert Corwin, John Lynn Shanton, III, Donald T. Newman 2002-02-05 $81,833,000
6281997 Dense WDM optical multiplexer and demultiplexer Jean-Luc Archambault, Victor Mizrahi, Henry H. Yaffe 2001-08-28 $163,043,000
6233077 Remodulating channel selectors for WDM optical communication systems Steve W. Chaddick, Roy C. Litz, Cecil D. Smith 2001-05-15 $244,822,000
5986782 Signal-to-noise monitoring in WDM optical communication systems Henry H. Yaffe 1999-11-16 $142,503,000
5798855 Optical monitoring channel for wavelength division multiplexed optical communication system Steve W. Chaddick, David R. Huber 1998-08-25 $63,812,000
5784184 WDM Optical communication systems with remodulators and remodulating channel selectors Steve W. Chaddick, Roy C. Litz, Cecil D. Smith 1998-07-21 $126,710,000
5726784 WDM optical communication system with remodulators and diverse optical transmitters Steve W. Chaddick, David R. Huber, Cecil D. Smith 1998-03-10 $73,968,000
5715076 Remodulating channel selectors for WDM optical communication systems Steve W. Chaddick, Roy C. Litz, Cecil D. Smith 1998-02-03 $89,036,000
5712932 Dynamically reconfigurable WDM optical communication systems with optical routing systems Victor Mizrahi 1998-01-27 $90,295,000
5696615 Wavelength division multiplexed optical communication systems employing uniform gain optical amplifiers 1997-12-09 $104,066,000