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Stephen Michael Webb — 26 Patents

XCXtera Communications: 10 patents #5 of 57Top 9%
ALAlcatel: 5 patents #166 of 2,861Top 6%
NLNeptune Subsea Ip Limited: 3 patents #4 of 12Top 35%
Nortel Networks Limited: 2 patents #1,531 of 5,294Top 30%
DLDana Limited: 1 patents #464 of 1,099Top 45%
NANew Holland North America: 1 patents #157 of 281Top 60%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Stephen Michael Webb has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Xtera Communications. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in December 2019. Stephen Michael Webb ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Stephen Michael Webb in Gravesend, NC, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2013.peak 41993: 1 patents19931996: 1 patents1997: 2 patents19971998: 1 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 2 patents20012005: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2013: 4 patents20132015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10516477 Repeater OTDR using repeater based Raman pumps Wayne S. Pelouch, Do-Il Chang, John G. Ellison 2019-12-24
9985727 Feedback controlled Raman amplification in optical system Wayne S. Pelouch, John G. Ellison 2018-05-29
9831943 Repeater OTDR using repeater based raman pumps Wayne S. Pelouch, Do-Il Chang, John G. Ellison 2017-11-28
9461437 Tilt control through optical pump power adjustment Wayne S. Pelouch, Do-Il Chang 2016-10-04 $398,000
8971171 Reduced FEC overhead in an optical transmission system Stuart Barnes, Martin Chown 2015-03-03
8442405 Multi-stage polarization mode dispersion compensation John G. Ellison, David Winterburn, Stephen Desbruslais 2013-05-14
8406637 Automatic pre-emphasis David Winterburn, Stephen Debruslais 2013-03-26
8380064 Depolarised WDM source Stephen Desbruslais, Richard Oberland, Stuart Barnes 2013-02-19
8355128 Polarization controller John Ellison 2013-01-15
7995929 Optical receiver and an optical transmission system incorporating the same Stephen Desbrulais 2011-08-09
7978973 Transmission system Martin Chown, Stuart Barnes, David Winterburn 2011-07-12
7822348 Adaptive pulse shape control Richard Oberland 2010-10-26
7526205 Transmission system Martin Chown, Stuart Barnes, David Winterburn 2009-04-28
7379223 Modulator control system Richard Oberland 2008-05-27
6895187 Branching unit and system for underwater optical communication 2005-05-17 $1,864,000
6333808 Optical signal scrambling Ian Haxell 2001-12-25
6278655 Fault location toning method for submarine networks Philip Charles Lancaster 2001-08-21 $4,243,000
6163396 Optical wavelength converter 2000-12-19 $11,111,000
6163394 Optical signal transmitter, system and method of transmission 2000-12-19 $11,111,000
6005996 Branching unit for an optical fiber transmission system 1999-12-21 $5,872,000
5968215 Combined inlet outlet air filter element 1999-10-19 $9,490,000
5841205 Branching unit for underwater telecommunications systems 1998-11-24
5690549 Roof for a vehicle cab Robert Samuel David Whybro 1997-11-25
5655036 Branching unit for telecommunications optical cable systems 1997-08-05 $154,419,000
5517383 Branching unit for submarine systems 1996-05-14