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Steven C. Zimmel — 143 Patents

CTCommscope Technologies: 73 patents #8 of 1,194Top 1%
ATAdc Telecommunications: 68 patents #2 of 766Top 1%
CBCommscope Connectivity Belgium Bvba: 2 patents #135 of 233Top 60%
TGTyco Electronics Raychem Gmbh: 1 patents #85 of 201Top 45%
Minneapolis, MN: #1 of 6,114 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #80 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #6,885 of 4,157,543Top 1%
143 Patents All Time
Steven C. Zimmel has been granted 143 US patents while listed as an inventor at Commscope Technologies. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in November 2025. Steven C. Zimmel ranks #6,885 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.17%). Patent records list Steven C. Zimmel in Minneapolis, MN, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 143 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12461318 Fiber optic connector with overmold lead-in tube Marlon E. Holmquist, David Donald Erdman 2025-11-04
12326598 Cable and dual inner diameter ferrule device with smooth internal contours and method 2025-06-10
12281958 Optical power detector and reader Joseph C. Coffey, Joseph Polland, Morgan C. Kurk, Trevor D. Smith 2025-04-22
12222572 Fiber optic splitter module Trevor D. Smith, Ponharith Nhep 2025-02-11
12147081 Fiber optic connector with epoxy tube with axial float Gregory J. Schaible 2024-11-19
12147080 Fiber optic connector with rear cap 2024-11-19
12124091 Dual inner diameter ferrule device and method Scott Droege 2024-10-22
12019283 Fiber optic connector with anti-wicking epoxy tube Gregory J. Schaible 2024-06-25
12013577 Cable and dual inner diameter ferrule device with smooth internal contours and method 2024-06-18
11846811 Tuned fiber optic connector Gregory J. Schaible 2023-12-19
11640036 Indexing architecture including a fan-out arrangement Samuel Taylor FINNEGAN 2023-05-02
11579391 Fiber optic splitter module Trevor D. Smith, Ponharith Nhep 2023-02-14
RE49374 Fiber optic cable and furcation module 2023-01-17
11525962 Optical fiber alignment device with self-healing refractive index-matching gel of polysiloxane and method of making Richard J. Drapeau, Gary William ADAMS 2022-12-13
11467353 Cable and dual inner diameter ferrule device with smooth internal contours and method 2022-10-11
11428876 Telecommunications cabinet with connector storage Trevor D. Smith, Michael Kenneth Barth, Soutsada Vongseng 2022-08-30
11397296 Dual inner diameter ferrule device and method Scott Droege 2022-07-26
11280974 Fiber optic module and system including rear connectors Ponharith Nhep, Trevor D. Smith 2022-03-22
11243359 Mechanical interface between a fiber optic cable and a fiber optic connector Yu Lu, Patrick Nault, Scott C. Kowalczyk, Scott Droege, Brent Campbell +1 more 2022-02-08
11187616 Optical power detector and reader Joseph C. Coffey, Joseph Polland, Morgan C. Kurk, Trevor D. Smith 2021-11-30
11175461 Fiber alignment device with curved portions Michael James Ott, Robert Charles Flaig, Danny Willy August Verheyden 2021-11-16
11150412 Tunable fiber optic connectors Gregory J. Schaible 2021-10-19
11125951 Fiber optic connector, fiber optic connector and cable assembly, and methods for manufacturing Michael James Ott, Thomas P. Huegerich, Ponharith Nhep 2021-09-21
11105994 Fiber optic splitter module Trevor D. Smith, Ponharith Nhep 2021-08-31
11067760 Optical fiber connector for multi-fiber cable Yu Lu, Gregory J. Schaible 2021-07-20