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Chad Smith

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2874
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2874
Total Applications
1189
Issued Applications
898
Pending Applications
100
Abandoned Applications
216

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/143689
SILICON PHOTONICS ELEMENT AND OPTICAL MODULE May 4, 2023 Abandoned
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18/143743
CHIRPED OPTICAL MODULATOR May 4, 2023 Pending
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18/142729
Compact optical splitter May 2, 2023 Issued
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18/309097
Dual ring resonator systems with thermal isolation, optical performance, and reduced transmission loss and methods thereof Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/308794
Photon source and optical computing architecture Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/270228
Reconfigurable photonic integrated chip based on phase change material film and processing method therefor Apr 20, 2023 Issued
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18/193994
WAVEGUIDE WITH PERIODIC INDEX OF REFRACTION CLADDING Mar 30, 2023 Pending
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18/128501
Optical device and fabrication method thereof Mar 29, 2023 Issued
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18/192509
MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER WITH IMPROVED MODULATION EFFICIENCY AND LINEARITY Mar 28, 2023 Pending
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18/191582
Telecommunications distribution elements Mar 27, 2023 Issued
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18/190730
Isolator and isolator manufacturing method Mar 26, 2023 Issued
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18/188102
Photonic circuitry having stacked optical resonators Mar 21, 2023 Issued
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18/186189
Multi-strip-loaded optical waveguide Mar 18, 2023 Issued
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18/186188
Strip-loaded optical waveguide Mar 18, 2023 Issued
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18/120071
Phase-dithering techniques for encoding auxiliary information within optical signals Mar 9, 2023 Issued
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18/180317
Fiber-optic light guide with deformed ends Mar 7, 2023 Issued
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18/177844
Managing photonic integrated circuit optical coupling Mar 2, 2023 Issued
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18/116696
Hitless optical power monitor Mar 1, 2023 Issued
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18/110989
Interferometric integrated optical gyroscopes Feb 16, 2023 Issued
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18/111290
Integrated circuit package and method of forming same Feb 16, 2023 Issued
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