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Thomas D. Stephens — 28 Patents

COCorvis: 21 patents #1 of 67Top 2%
BRBroadwing: 5 patents #1 of 26Top 4%
Ellicott City, MD: #23 of 1,185 inventorsTop 2%
Maryland: #678 of 35,612 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Thomas D. Stephens has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Corvis. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in March 2011. Thomas D. Stephens ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Thomas D. Stephens in Ellicott City, MD, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7903978 Optical transmission systems and amplifier control apparatuses and methods Mark A. Kelty, Alistair J. Price 2011-03-08 $3,768,000
7522334 Optical communication systems including optical amplifiers and amplification methods with flat noise figure profile 2009-04-21
7343097 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers and methods of use therein David F. Smith 2008-03-11 $7,918,000
7339725 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers and methods of use therein David F. Smith 2008-03-04 $4,484,000
7215463 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers and methods of use therein David F. Smith 2007-05-08 $10,928,000
7133193 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers, apparatuses and methods Donald M. Cornwell, Jr., John J. Veselka, Jr., Stephen G. Grubb, Ruxiang Jin, Alistair J. Price +1 more 2006-11-07
7088500 Optical communication systems including optical amplifiers and amplification methods 2006-08-08
7085042 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers and methods of use therein Raymond Zanoni 2006-08-01
7046430 Optical transmission systems including signal varying devices and methods Stephen G. Grubb, Raymond Zanoni 2006-05-16
7010229 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers and methods David J. Copeland, John J. Veselka, Jr., Donald M. Cornwell, Jr., Dean M. Smith, Mark A. Laliberte 2006-03-07
6992815 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers and methods of use therein Raymond Zanoni 2006-01-31
6934077 Optical communication systems including optical amplifiers and amplification methods 2005-08-23
6934473 Optical systems including add drop devices and methods 2005-08-23
6839522 Optical signal varying devices, systems and methods Stephen G. Grubb, Raymond Zanoni 2005-01-04
6782209 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers and methods David J. Copeland, John J. Veselka, Jr., Donald M. Cornwell, Jr., Dean M. Smith, Mark A. Laliberte 2004-08-24
6775056 Optical transmission systems including signal varying devices and methods Stephen G. Grubb, Raymond Zanoni 2004-08-10
6771413 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers, apparatuses and methods Donald M. Cornwell, Jr., John J. Veselka, Jr., Stephen G. Grubb, Ruxiang Jin, Alistair J. Price +1 more 2004-08-03
6587261 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers and methods of use therein Raymond Zanoni 2003-07-01
6563614 Optical transmission system and amplifier control apparatuses and methods Mark A. Kelty, Alistair J. Price 2003-05-13
6548225 Method and apparatus for writing gratings Timothy E. Hammon, Jonathan Mark Bulman 2003-04-15 $19,261,000
6538783 Optical systems including add drop devices and methods 2003-03-25
6426821 Optical upconverter apparatuses, methods and systems Alistair J. Price 2002-07-30
6377389 Optical signal varying devices Stephen G. Grubb, Raymond Zanoni 2002-04-23
6356383 Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers apparatuses and methods Donald M. Cornwell, Jr., John J. Veselka, Jr., Stephen G. Grubb, Ruxiang Jin, Alistair J. Price +1 more 2002-03-12
6344922 Optical signal varying devices Stephen G. Grubb, Raymond Zanoni, Deepak Boggavarapu, Ruxiang Jin 2002-02-05