Patents by Inventor James Michael Hopkins

James Michael Hopkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electrical surge protection using in-package gas discharge system
    Patent number: 7349189
    Abstract: The present invention comprises using an electrode (107) arranged with a small gap or opening (108) placed in parallel with an electrically sensitive component (105) and housed with a gas inside an enclosure (100) to form a discharge gap. Such configurations may protect against low level voltage spikes, but in so doing, do not significantly add input capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventor: James Michael Hopkins
  • Automated remote provisioning technique
    Patent number: 6349093
    Abstract: Provisioning of dedicated service in a communications network is made more efficient by creating a service path, (200) that includes a permanent service communications link (230) between an automatically remotely provisionable cross-connect system (240) and a network gateway element (240), such as a cross-connect device or a telecommunications switch. The service communications link remains active to carry traffic notwithstanding whether the automatically remotely provisionable cross-connection system is provisioned to provide dedicated subscriber service, or to terminate such service. In this way, service may be re-provisioned by appropriately provisioning the cross-connect device without the need to dispatch a technician to re-establish a link between the cross-connect system and the network gateway device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: James L. Caldwell, Hossein Eslambolchi, Houssam Halabi, James Michael Hopkins