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Don J. Williams

Examiner (ID: 7189, Phone: (571)272-8538 , Office: P/2878 )

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2878
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2878
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1209
Issued Applications
1009
Pending Applications
62
Abandoned Applications
163

Applications

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16/847797
Time-to-digital converter arrangement Apr 13, 2020 Issued
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16/835902
Managing stray light in integrated photonics devices Mar 30, 2020 Issued
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16/834368
Emitter module for an LED illumination device Mar 29, 2020 Issued
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16/833714
Sampling circuit and laser scanning microscope Mar 29, 2020 Issued
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16/828454
Vertical navigation system Mar 23, 2020 Issued
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16/816704
Microscope and observation method Mar 11, 2020 Issued
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16/808904
Impedance matched superconducting nanowire photodetector for single- and multi-photon detection Mar 3, 2020 Issued
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16/794864
Image sensors Feb 18, 2020 Issued
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17/431574
Measurement device, distance measurement device, electronic device, and measurement method Feb 17, 2020 Issued
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16/788171
Sensing and feedback for row on sun tracking method and system Feb 10, 2020 Issued
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16/786278
Plant fluorometer for remote detection of growth dynamics Feb 9, 2020 Issued
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16/774070
Method and system for germanium-on-silicon photodetectors without germanium layer contacts Jan 27, 2020 Issued
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17/426088
Optical sensor assembly Jan 22, 2020 Issued
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17/425192
Indoor detections based on ambient light Jan 20, 2020 Issued
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16/738350
Semiconductor device and driving method thereof Jan 8, 2020 Issued
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16/734918
Photodetecting device for detecting different wavelengths Jan 5, 2020 Issued
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16/730333
Chromatic confocal sensor Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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16/721941
Hybrid refractive gradient-index optics for time-of-fly sensors Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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16/715478
Image sensor with a gated storage node linked to transfer gate Dec 15, 2019 Issued
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16/714262
LiDAR based FOD detection for gas-turbine engines Dec 12, 2019 Issued
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