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Ellen E Kim

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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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17/135356
System for optical sensing Dec 27, 2020 Issued
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17/124654
Expanded beam connector Dec 16, 2020 Issued
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17/121811
Near eye display with intermediate window Dec 14, 2020 Issued
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17/118878
Optical fiber Dec 10, 2020 Issued
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17/119429
Methods to improve modulation efficiency in silicon optical modulator Dec 10, 2020 Issued
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16/952992
Multimode-interference waveguide crossings Nov 18, 2020 Issued
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17/097197
Silicon photonics coupling structure using an etch stop layer and methods of forming the same Nov 12, 2020 Issued
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17/088177
FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR CLIP Nov 2, 2020 Abandoned
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17/081130
Planar laser structure with vertical signal transition Oct 26, 2020 Issued
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17/080168
Fiber optic cable Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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17/077080
Optical fiber structures and methods for varying laser beam profile Oct 21, 2020 Issued
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17/076326
Polarization-insensitive directional couplers Oct 20, 2020 Issued
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17/076149
Grating emitter systems with controlled polarization Oct 20, 2020 Issued
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17/064108
OPTICAL FIBERS WITH THIN COATINGS Oct 5, 2020 Abandoned
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17/034535
Optical element, light guide element, and image display device Sep 27, 2020 Issued
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17/035588
Optical device for coupling light Sep 27, 2020 Issued
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17/030967
Sealing bracket and cabinet including bracket Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/027606
Methods and apparatuses for quantitative sensing using Rayleigh scattering in optical fiber Sep 20, 2020 Issued
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17/022443
Fiber array spacers, optical assemblies incorporating fiber array spacers, and methods of fabricating the same Sep 15, 2020 Issued
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17/020446
Method for preparing optical fibers with high-particle-coated porous polymeric outer coating layers Sep 13, 2020 Issued
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