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Chad Smith

Examiner (ID: 10833, Phone: (571)270-1294 , Office: P/2874 )

Most Active Art Unit
2874
Art Unit(s)
2874
Total Applications
1210
Issued Applications
917
Pending Applications
96
Abandoned Applications
218

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/281107
OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS WHICH USE SAME Sep 29, 2021 Pending
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18/022707
Optical modulator and optical transmission device using same Sep 28, 2021 Issued
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18/696074
STACKABLE FIBER OPTIC SPLICE HOLDER WITH SPACE EFFICIENT SPLICE HOLDER RETENTION Sep 26, 2021 Pending
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17/478337
TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTICAL COUPLING TO PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Sep 16, 2021 Abandoned
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17/478754
Ultrasound probe with pointer remote control capability Sep 16, 2021 Issued
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17/476152
Electro-optical device with ring resonator Sep 14, 2021 Issued
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17/472898
OPTICAL FILTER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION Sep 12, 2021 Abandoned
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17/470803
Self-aligning photonic interconnections for photonic integrated circuits Sep 8, 2021 Issued
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18/044156
OPTICAL PROCESSING SYSTEM Sep 5, 2021 Pending
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17/466983
OPTICAL MANDREL, OPTICAL-FIBER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN OPTICAL MANDREL, AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL INCIDENT ON AN OPTICAL-FIBER ASSEMBLY Sep 2, 2021 Abandoned
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17/462049
Optical element and optical transmitter Aug 30, 2021 Issued
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17/446486
Patch cord inspecting system Aug 30, 2021 Issued
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17/789287
Optical fiber and method for manufacturing optical fiber Aug 30, 2021 Issued
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18/286407
OPTICAL FIBER ROLLABLE RIBBON HAVING LOW YOUNG'S MODULUS BONDING MATRIX MATERIAL Aug 29, 2021 Pending
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17/460091
Glass optical waveguide with variable cross section Aug 26, 2021 Issued
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17/459682
DISTRIBUTED TAP ARCHITECTURE INCORPORATING HARDENED CONNECTIVITY Aug 26, 2021 Abandoned
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17/402472
Stepped ferrule seating in an MTP inner housing Aug 12, 2021 Issued
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17/401175
Optical waveguide circuit Aug 11, 2021 Issued
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17/444871
Ring-resonator filter device Aug 10, 2021 Issued
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17/387187
Bilayer photonic 3dB Y-splitter Jul 27, 2021 Issued
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