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Kenneth L. Walker
Also filed as: WALKER III KENNETH L · WALKER III KENNETH LEE · WALKER KENNETH L · WALKER KENNETH LEE
77 granted patents·5 pending applications·4,209 citations·filing 1980–2025
99Inventor score
Files withLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC28BRIGHTVIEW TECH INC19AT & T BELL LAB15AT & T CORP6ADC DSL SYS INC3
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82 records- 0197US5959750AMethod of upgrading transmission capacity by Raman amplificationLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 28, 1999·187 cites·23 claims
- 0297US5298047AMethod of making a fiber having low polarization mode dispersion due to a permanent spinAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 29, 1994·128 cites·4 claims
- 0396US11668975B2Edge-lit back light unit with improved efficiencyBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 6, 2023·6 cites·37 claims
- 0496US11181776B2Back light unit for backlit displaysBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 23, 2021·8 cites·26 claims
- 0596US6163636AOptical communication system using multiple-order Raman amplifiersLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 19, 2000·206 cites·10 claims
- 0696US5673280AArticle comprising low noise optical fiber raman amplifierLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 30, 1997·151 cites·12 claims
- 0796US5418881AArticle comprising optical fiber having low polarization mode dispersion, due to permanent spinAT & T CORP·Filed 1994·Granted May 23, 1995·84 cites·4 claims
- 0896US5022812ASmall all terrain mobile robotREMOTEC INC·Filed 1990·Granted Jun 11, 1991·302 cites·9 claims
- 0996US4932831AAll terrain mobile robotREMOTEC INC·Filed 1988·Granted Jun 12, 1990·263 cites·11 claims
- 1095US12001097B2Edge-lit back light unit with improved efficiencyBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 4, 2024·4 cites·33 claims
- 1195US6081366AOptical fiber communication system with a distributed Raman amplifier and a remotely pumped er-doped fiber amplifierLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 27, 2000·141 cites·8 claims
- 1295US5596668ASingle mode optical transmission fiber, and method of making the fiberLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 21, 1997·67 cites·8 claims
- 1395US5448674AArticle comprising a dispersion-compensating optical waveguideAT & T CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 5, 1995·144 cites·18 claims
- 1495US5287427AMethod of making an article comprising an optical component, and article comprising the componentAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 15, 1994·167 cites·18 claims
- 1595US5235659AMethod of making an article comprising an optical waveguideAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 10, 1993·140 cites·14 claims
- 1695US4736826ARemotely controlled and/or powered mobile robot with cable management arrangementREMOTE TECHNOLOGY CORP·Filed 1985·Granted Apr 12, 1988·245 cites·14 claims
- 1794US11531232B2Optical film for back light unit and back light unit including sameBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 20, 2022·3 cites·15 claims
- 1894US5058976ASystem comprising Er-doped optical fiberAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 22, 1991·67 cites·14 claims
- 1993US11822158B2Back light unit for backlit displaysBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 21, 2023·2 cites·13 claims
- 2092US12032242B1Back light unit for backlit displaysBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2024·Granted Jul 9, 2024·1 cites·23 claims
- 2192US6105396AMethod of making a large MCVD single mode fiber preform by varying internal pressure to control preform straightnessLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 22, 2000·76 cites·10 claims
- 2292US5000541AHermetically sealed optical fibersAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 19, 1991·85 cites·29 claims
- 2391US11520182B2Color conversion film back light unit for backlit displaysBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 6, 2022·3 cites·16 claims
- 2491US5659644AFiber light source with multimode fiber couplerLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 19, 1997·103 cites·26 claims
- 2590US5074633AOptical communication system comprising a fiber amplifierAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1990·Granted Dec 24, 1991·73 cites·4 claims
- 2690US5039199ALightwave transmission system having remotely pumped quasi-distributed amplifying fibersAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1989·Granted Aug 13, 1991·93 cites·16 claims
- 2789US5541766AGain control for optically amplified systemsAT & T CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 30, 1996·88 cites·12 claims
- 2888US5623508AArticle comprising a counter-pumped optical fiber raman amplifierLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 22, 1997·112 cites·10 claims
- 2987US6370300B1Optical communication system incorporating automatic dispersion compensation modulesLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 9, 2002·90 cites·12 claims
- 3087US5703978ATemperature insensitive long-period fiber grating devicesLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 30, 1997·83 cites·11 claims
- 3187US5044724AMethod of producing optical fiber, and fiber produced by the methodAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1989·Granted Sep 3, 1991·66 cites·11 claims
- 3285US5898715AOptical communication system comprising a cladding pumped fiber laserLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 27, 1999·60 cites·14 claims
- 3385US5327516AOptical fiber for wavelength division multiplexingAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 5, 1994·65 cites·11 claims
- 3485US4616901ADoped optical fiberAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1983·Granted Oct 14, 1986·43 cites·10 claims
- 3584US5500031AMethod for increasing the index of refraction of a glassy materialAT & T CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Mar 19, 1996·62 cites·6 claims
- 3683US5259046AArticle comprising an optical waveguide containing a fluorescent dopantAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 2, 1993·45 cites·10 claims
- 3781US12228818B2Back light unit for backlit displaysBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2024·Granted Feb 18, 2025·0 cites·5 claims
- 3881US11441756B2Vertically integrated transmissive microstructures for transforming light having Lambertian distributionBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 13, 2022·3 cites·26 claims
- 3981US5157747APhotorefractive optical fiberAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 20, 1992·37 cites·4 claims
- 4079US6307988B1Optical fiber communication system incorporating automatic dispersion compensation modules to compensate for temperature induced variationsLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 23, 2001·57 cites·13 claims
- 4179US2025314926A1Edge-Lit Back Light Unit Using Prism MicrostructuresBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4278US5457568A980 NM pumped erbium fiber amplifierAT & T CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 10, 1995·38 cites·7 claims
- 4377US12228819B2Back light unit for backlit displaysBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2023·Granted Feb 18, 2025·0 cites·85 claims
- 4477US12050381B2Color conversion film for backlight unitBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 30, 2024·0 cites·15 claims
- 4577US6810041B2Integrated access deviceADC DSL SYS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 26, 2004·15 cites·33 claims
- 4677US4302230AHigh rate optical fiber fabrication process using thermophoretically enhanced particle depositionBELL TELEPHONE LABOR INC·Filed 1980·Granted Nov 24, 1981·22 cites·12 claims
- 4776US12360418B2Edge-lit back light unit using prism microstructuresBRIGHTVIEW TECH INC·Filed 2024·Granted Jul 15, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
- 4876US5572618AOptical attenuatorLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 5, 1996·40 cites·21 claims
- 4974US6499318B1Glass optical waveguides passivated against hydrogen-induced loss increasesFITEL USA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 31, 2002·41 cites·10 claims
- 5073US5966480AArticle comprising an improved cascaded optical fiber Raman deviceLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 12, 1999·45 cites·9 claims
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