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SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE CO

Overview
  • Total Patents
    20
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SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE CO has a total of 20 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1993. It filed its patents most often in United States. Its main competitors in its focus markets optics, machines and machine tools are IMMY INC, PARK CHAN SOUL and EZONTEK TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE COs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United States 20

Patent filings per year

Chart showing SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE COs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Beasley Jr William E 6
#2 Stokes Stephen R 6
#3 Chastain Scott M 5
#4 Sarbell John P 4
#5 Braga David J 3
#6 Andrews Robert J 3
#7 Quistorff Keith 3
#8 Moran James W 3
#9 Dixon Terri L 2
#10 Nagao Taichiro 2

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2008253723A1 Optical fiber ribbon drop cable
US2006029340A1 Locatable dielectric optical fiber cable having easily removable locating element
US6853781B2 Air blown fiber (ABF) cable with low composite coefficient of thermal expansion
US6633709B2 Water-blocked fiber optic ribbon cable
US6363198B1 Optical fiber cable distribution shelf with cable management system
US6356697B1 Optical fiber cable distribution shelf with pivotably mounted trays
US6101304A Air blown fiber (ABF) tube cable with central innerduct
US6049648A S-Z stranded optical cable with optimized short ROL pitch
US5703983A S-Z stranded optical cable with mid-span entry marker
US5642452A Water-blocked optical fiber communications cable
US5471555A Fiber optic ribbon break-out device with enhanced strain relief
US5600750A Method for midspan entry of optical ribbon fiber
US5604834A Method of midspan and/or end entry to access selected optical fibers within an optical ribbon fiber
US5460683A Method for midspan entry of optical ribbon fiber
US5460682A Method of midspan and/or end entry to access selected optical fibers within an optical ribbon fiber
US5410901A Method and apparatus for forming overlapped tape
US5410151A Fiber optic probe and method of making same