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Ellen E Kim

Examiner (ID: 251, Phone: (571)272-2349 , Office: P/2883 )

Most Active Art Unit
2874
Art Unit(s)
2501, 2874, 3732, 2883
Total Applications
2119
Issued Applications
1806
Pending Applications
89
Abandoned Applications
233

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/223059
On-chip heater with a heating element that locally generates different amounts of heat and methods Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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17/220864
Nested anti-resonant nodeless optical fiber and subsurface system using the same Mar 31, 2021 Issued
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17/220870
Optical fiber with corrugations Mar 31, 2021 Issued
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17/213517
Optical waveguide device, and optical modulation device and optical transmission device using same Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/249959
Latching for a transceiver module Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/206669
Optical fiber sensor Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/201195
Optical coupling device Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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17/187360
Butt closures and bases therefor Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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17/183828
Multi-channel mode converters with silicon lenses Feb 23, 2021 Issued
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17/178743
90-degree optical hybrid Feb 17, 2021 Issued
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17/176964
Apodization of refractive index profile in volume gratings Feb 15, 2021 Issued
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17/170905
UNIDIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN UNIDIRECTIONAL MANNER Feb 8, 2021 Abandoned
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17/168205
Optical connector Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/166517
Housing an etalon in a frequency reference system Feb 2, 2021 Issued
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17/162220
Bend Tolerant Dual-Core Fiber and Cable for Balanced Photonic Links Jan 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/156609
Adjustable polarity fiber optic connector assemblies with push-pull tabs Jan 23, 2021 Issued
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17/145364
Optical elements for displays Jan 9, 2021 Issued
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17/144980
Fiber-to-chip coupler Jan 7, 2021 Issued
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17/145110
Packaging for microLEDs for chip to chip communication Jan 7, 2021 Issued
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17/140865
Expanded two-gang electrical box Jan 3, 2021 Issued
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