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Steven A. Surek — 18 Patents

CICiena: 16 patents #54 of 1,406Top 4%
ATAT&T: 2 patents #7,295 of 18,772Top 40%
Leonardo, NJ: #2 of 28 inventorsTop 8%
New Jersey: #4,623 of 69,400 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Steven A. Surek has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ciena. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in November 2020. Steven A. Surek ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Steven A. Surek in Leonardo, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2013.peak 32003: 1 patents20032006: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 3 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10826604 Fault localization using tandem connection monitors in optical transport network 2020-11-03 $6,444,000
9608719 Optical network connection termination on client facility failure Darek Skalecki, Gary Swinkels 2017-03-28 $8,858,000
9538264 ODUflex resizing systems and methods Jeffery Thomas Nichols, Jeffrey Scott Moynihan, Mohit Chhillar, Anurag Prakash, Alexander Young 2017-01-03 $7,826,000
9479248 Fault localization using tandem connection monitors in optical transport network 2016-10-25 $26,313,000
9148382 Adaptive Ethernet flow control systems and methods Matthew W. Connolly, John K. Oltman 2015-09-29 $4,556,000
8582607 Geographically-diverse redundant servers over optical connections with managed path differential delay Eddie Fung 2013-11-12 $10,841,000
8467688 Telecommunications transport methods and systems for extended reach low differential latency Jean-Luc Archambault, Martin C. Nuss 2013-06-18 $7,966,000
8457159 Optical transport network hierarchy for full transparent transport of datacom and telecom signals Kevin Meagher 2013-06-04 $4,441,000
8199772 Systems and methods for synchronous generic framing protocol mapping 2012-06-12 $19,089,000
8155148 Telecommunications transport methods and systems for the transparent mapping/demapping of client data signals Michael Brown 2012-04-10 $10,121,000
8045863 Byte-interleaving systems and methods for 100G optical transport enabling multi-level optical transmission Kevin Meagher, John P. Mateosky 2011-10-25 $2,419,000
7864817 Transport systems and methods incorporating absolute time references and selective buildout delays Eddie Fung 2011-01-04 $11,172,000
7830909 Transparent sub-wavelength network 2010-11-09 $13,336,000
7602814 Systems and methods for mapping and multiplexing wider clock tolerance signals in optical transport network transponders and multiplexers Kevin Meagher, Jack Mateosky 2009-10-13 $20,333,000
7570660 Apparatus for implementing transparent subwavelength networks Eddie Fung, Lawrence J. Nociolo, Martin C. Nuss, Ted K. Woodward 2009-08-04 $17,775,000
7443888 Transparent sub-wavelength network 2008-10-28 $4,723,000
7099327 Data communications networks with high performance and reliability Ramesh Nagarajan, Muhammad A. Qureshi 2006-08-29 $7,994,000
6594044 Apparatus and method for automatic port identity discovery in heterogenous optical communications systems William M. Buchanan, Yang Cao 2003-07-15 $10,161,000