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Stuart R. Melton — 21 Patents

CSCorning Cable Systems: 17 patents #33 of 575Top 6%
CCCorning Optical Communications: 1 patents #347 of 532Top 70%
SOSiecor Operations: 1 patents #22 of 84Top 30%
Hickory, NC: #41 of 547 inventorsTop 8%
North Carolina: #2,157 of 45,564 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Stuart R. Melton has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Corning Cable Systems. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in October 2018. Stuart R. Melton ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Stuart R. Melton in Hickory, NC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10114176 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu, David A. Thompson, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman 2018-10-30 $15,625,000
9239441 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies having toning portions Hieu Vinh Tran, David A. Thompson, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2016-01-19 $9,560,000
7918609 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies David A. Thompson, Michael John Gimblet, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Xin Liu 2011-04-05 $22,379,000
7881576 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies Hieu Vinh Tran, David A. Thompson, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2011-02-01 $193,991,000
7785015 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies David A. Thompson, Michael John Gimblet, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Xin Liu 2010-08-31 $11,149,000
7467896 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies David A. Thompson, Michael John Gimblet, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Xin Liu 2008-12-23 $42,545,000
7111990 Figure-eight preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies Hieu Vinh Tran, David A. Thompson, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2006-09-26 $70,129,000
7113679 Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies having toning portions David A. Thompson, Michael John Gimblet, Hieu Vinh Tran, Richard S. Wagman, Xin Liu 2006-09-26 $70,129,000
7090406 Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies Hieu Vinh Tran, David A. Thompson, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2006-08-15 $75,957,000
7090407 Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies for efficient deployment Hieu Vinh Tran, David A. Thompson, Richard S. Wagman, Michael John Gimblet, Xin Liu 2006-08-15 $75,957,000
6899467 Fiber optic plug and receptacle assembly A. John McDonald, Hieu Vinh Tran, James Phillip Luther, Darrell R. Childers 2005-05-31 $99,624,000
6789953 Optical coupler Michael deJong, Charles A. Yow, Jr., Daniel Leyva, Jr. 2004-09-14 $20,084,000
6785460 Tool to remove a ferrule from a receptacle Michael de Jong, Charles A. Yow, Jr. 2004-08-31 $15,997,000
6775458 Fixture for a flexible shuffle circuit Charles A. Yow, Jr., Michael de Jong 2004-08-10 $11,879,000
6764221 Flexible, multi-fiber fiber optic jumper Michael de Jong 2004-07-20 $19,019,000
6763166 Flexible shuffle circuit and method for assembling same Charles A. Yow, Jr., Michael de Jong 2004-07-13 $31,684,000
6738555 Furcation kit Terry Lee Cooke, Timothy S. Laws 2004-05-18 $23,818,000
6690867 Optical interconnect assemblies and methods therefor Scott M. Torrey 2004-02-10 $18,170,000
6648520 Fiber optic plug A. John McDonald, Hieu Vinh Tran, James Phillip Luther, Darrell R. Childers 2003-11-18 $35,012,000
6579014 Fiber optic receptacle Darrell R. Childers, Hieu Vinh Tran 2003-06-17 $59,263,000
6134370 Fiber optic cable guide Darrell R. Childers, Timothy S. Laws 2000-10-17