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Anthony J. Weier

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Most Active Art Unit
1792
Art Unit(s)
1302, 1761, 1781, 1794, 1792, 1305
Total Applications
2689
Issued Applications
1896
Pending Applications
153
Abandoned Applications
656

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/895339
Pluggable Optical Time Domain Reflectometer Aug 24, 2022 Pending
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17/894718
Methods and apparatus to determine a twist parameter and/or a bend angle associated with a multi-core fiber Aug 23, 2022 Issued
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17/876250
Compact spectral analyzer Jul 27, 2022 Issued
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18/579590
Methods and systems for validating parallelism between internal facets Jul 25, 2022 Issued
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18/684391
COMPENSATING OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR NONUNIFORM SURFACES, A METROLOGY SYSTEM, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND METHODS THEREOF Jul 24, 2022 Pending
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17/810071
Apparatus and method for transmitting radiation to a rotating component Jun 29, 2022 Issued
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18/578168
Metrology systems with phased arrays for contaminant detection and microscopy Jun 27, 2022 Issued
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17/845294
Subsampling flow cytometric event data Jun 20, 2022 Issued
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17/805159
Operation accuracy measuring method Jun 1, 2022 Issued
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17/747443
Optical readout for thermal detector array May 17, 2022 Issued
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17/738295
Spectral averaging of OTDR traces May 5, 2022 Issued
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17/737067
Apparatuses and methods for analyzing multiple optical signals in parallel May 4, 2022 Issued
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17/726023
Method and system for in-line optical scatterometry Apr 20, 2022 Issued
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17/660077
System and method for assisting in fiber optic splices Apr 20, 2022 Issued
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17/721750
Method for measuring a reflectivity of an object for measurement light and metrology system for carrying out the method Apr 14, 2022 Issued
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17/715586
Optical pulse tester Apr 6, 2022 Issued
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17/715580
OPTICAL PULSE TESTER Apr 6, 2022 Abandoned
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17/709104
Scanning overlay metrology using overlay targets having multiple spatial frequencies Mar 29, 2022 Issued
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17/690622
Defective product determination method for vehicle wheel, non-transitory storage medium, and defective product determination device for vehicle wheel Mar 8, 2022 Issued
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17/679311
Semiconductor structure and system for manufacturing the same Feb 23, 2022 Issued
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