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Inventor

Jefferson L. Wagener

Inventor
Morristown, NJ, US

Overview

68→
Patents
1996–2020
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 68 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G02Bprimary
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus35%
H04JMultiplex communication13%
H04QSelecting13%
H04BTransmission11%
G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein8%
H01SDevices using the process of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation [laser] to amplify or generate light5%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication4%
G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable3%
G01HMeasurement of mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves3%
H01JElectric discharge tubes or discharge lamps3%
PatentTitleYear
10,567,856Multipoint, contentionless wavelength selective switch (WSS)202010,495,819Optical arrangement for managing diversity and isolation between ports in a wavelength selective switch201910,228,517Optical arrangement for managing diversity and isolation between ports in a wavelength selective switch201910,129,615Multipoint, contentionless wavelength selective switch (WSS)201810,104,456Multipoint, contentionless wavelength selective switch (WSS)201810,094,981Large scale optical switch using asymmetric 1X2 elements20189,954,636Colorless, directionless and contentionless network node20189,946,031Large scale optical switch using asymmetric 1x2 elements20189,893,833'Wavelength selective switch having integrated channel monitor'20189,881,567'Flicker reduction in an LCoS array'20189,778,421'Large scale optical switch using asymmetric 1×2 elements'20179,755,738'Crosstalk suppression in a multi-photodetector optical channel monitor'20179,680,570'Optical channel monitor for a wavelength selective switch employing a single photodiode'20179,661,406'Multipoint, contentionless wavelength selective switch (WSS)'20179,632,391'Wavelength selective switch employing a LCoS device and having reduced crosstalk'20179,521,473'Wavelength selective switch with increased frequency separation to avoid crosstalk'20169,341,870'Launch optics with optical path compensation for a wavelength selective switch'20169,258,628'Method and apparatus for transferring WDM signals between different wavelength division multiplexed optical communications systems in an optically transparent manner'20169,091,817'Asymmetric lenslet array'20159,031,404'Optical channel monitor'20159,019,612'WSS using multiple technology switching elements'20158,693,818'Optical processing device'20148,681,422'Optical processing device employing a digital micromirror device (DMD) and having reduced wavelength dependent loss'20148,531,756'Optical processing device'20138,437,642'Spatial light modulator (SLM)-based optical attenuator'20138,368,987'Optical processing device'20138,351,789'High resolution digital optical encoder/decoder'20138,086,080'Multiple function digital optical switch'20117,965,911'Method of operating a tunable optical device'20117,738,748'Modular all-optical cross-connect'20107,725,039'Method and apparatus for automatic port interconnection discovery in an optical network'20107,676,157'Method and apparatus for providing gain equalization to an optical signal in an optical communication system'20107,639,906'Tunable optical communication system'20097,620,323'Method and apparatus for interconnecting a plurality of optical transducers with a wavelength division multiplexed optical switch'20097,599,619'Wavelength division multiplexed optical communication system having a reconfigurable optical switch and a tunable backup laser transmitter'20097,574,078'Reconfigurable optical switch'20097,469,080'Modular all-optical cross-connect'20087,408,639'Tunable optical routing systems'20087,257,288'Tunable optical routing systems'20076,658,215'Arrangement for mitigating first order and second-order polarization mode dispersion in optical fiber communication systems'20036,631,222'Reconfigurable optical switch'20036,614,953'Modular all-optical cross-connect'20036,385,368'Method and apparatus for modulating signal strength within optical systems'20026,365,891'Optical sensor array having multiple rungs between distribution and return buses and having amplifiers in the buses to equalize return signals'20026,304,691'Wavelength division multiplexed optical communication system having reduced short wavelength loss'20016,301,408'Tapered optical fiber grating devices with variable index coatings for modifying guide properties of the fundamental mode'20016,285,812'Switchable and reconfigurable optical grating devices and methods for making them'20016,192,177'Electrically modifiable optical grating devices'20016,151,438'Fiber device having variable refractive index region proximal the core'20006,137,924'Article comprising a dispersion compensating grating with low polarization mode dispersion'20006,122,422'Article comprising a dispersive waveguide tap'20006,115,519'Tapered optical fiber devices with variable index coatings for modifying guide properties of the fundamental mode'20006,111,999'Fiber device having variable refractive index region proximal the core'20006,084,996'Broadband long-period gratings'20006,084,233'Optical sensor array having multiple rungs between distribution and return buses and having amplifiers in the buses to equalize return signals'20006,049,414'Temperature-compensated rare earth doped optical waveguide amplifiers'20006,040,571'Time domain multiplexed amplified sensor arrays with improved signal to noise ratios'20006,002,822'Article comprising an optional waveguide tap'19995,953,471'Optical communication system having short period reflective Bragg gratings'19995,936,980'Internally modulated coupled cavity fiber lasers'19995,875,203'Stable fiber ASE sources incorporating spectral filtering'19995,866,898'Time domain multiplexed amplified sensor array with improved signal to noise ratios'19995,850,302'Article comprising an optical waveguide tap'19985,832,156'Article comprising an optical waveguide tap'19985,802,234'Dispersion compensating optical fiber, and communication system comprising same'19985,802,236'Article comprising a micro-structured optical fiber, and method of making such fiber'19985,701,318'Polarized superfluorescent fiber sources'19975,550,671'Intra-cavity optical four-wave mixer and optical communications system using the same'1996

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1996–2002Patents assigned to LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC (20)· patent assignee history
1997–1999Based in New Providence, NJ, US· patent location history
1998–2002Based in Charlottesville, VA, US· patent location history
1999–2003Based in Aberdeen, WA, US· patent location history
2003–2013Based in New Hope, PA, US· patent location history
2007–2019Patents assigned to NISTICA INC (28)· patent assignee history
2008–2010Patents assigned to MERITON NETWORKS US INC (7)· patent assignee history
2011–2016Patents assigned to WAGENER JEFFERSON L (7)· patent assignee history
2011–2016Patents assigned to STRASSER THOMAS ANDREW (5)· patent assignee history
2013–2020Based in Morristown, NJ, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
NISTICA INC282007–2019
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC201996–2002
MERITON NETWORKS US INC72008–2010
WAGENER JEFFERSON Lself72011–2016
STRASSER THOMAS ANDREW52011–2016
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Morristown, New Jersey, US262013–2020
New Hope, Pennsylvania, US142003–2013
Charlottesville, Virginia, US131998–2002
Aberdeen, Washington, US111999–2003
New Providence, New Jersey, US21997–1999