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Gary E. Elkins

Examiner (ID: 11203)

Most Active Art Unit
2401
Art Unit(s)
3207, 3727, 2401, 3782
Total Applications
4105
Issued Applications
3283
Pending Applications
106
Abandoned Applications
716

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/310239
Optical sources Apr 30, 2023 Issued
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18/141366
DYNAMIC CABLES WITH THERMOPLASTIC SHEATH REINFORCED BY WOUND FIBRES Apr 28, 2023 Pending
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18/308943
Optical fiber distribution systems and components Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/309572
Low frequency wave generation via optical frequency division Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/307249
Sealed optical fiber terminal Apr 25, 2023 Issued
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18/305785
PHOTONIC CIRCUITRY HAVING MULTIPLE OPTICAL RESONATORS Apr 23, 2023 Pending
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18/305748
Optical ring resonators Apr 23, 2023 Issued
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18/137586
HOLOGRAPHIC SUPERIMPOSITION OF REAL WORLD PLENOPTIC OPACITY MODULATION THROUGH TRANSPARENT WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS FOR LIGHT FIELD, VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY Apr 20, 2023 Pending
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18/135162
Method of fabrication of compound light-guide optical elements Apr 15, 2023 Issued
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18/133597
Broadband light source device and method of creating broadband light pulses Apr 11, 2023 Issued
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18/130957
FIBER ALIGNMENT SYSTEM Apr 4, 2023 Pending
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18/130083
System and method for cryogenic optoelectronic data link Apr 2, 2023 Issued
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18/129967
High-brightness quantum source based on multi-wavelength combination via arrayed Type-0 ppKTP crystal and method of generating entangled photon pairs Apr 2, 2023 Issued
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18/130372
Sine-cosine optical frequency detection devices for photonics integrated circuits and applications in lidar and other distributed optical sensing Apr 2, 2023 Issued
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18/192837
Imaging lens assembly and electronic device Mar 29, 2023 Issued
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18/565045
OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH OPTICAL CONNECTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH OPTICAL CONNECTOR, AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR Mar 28, 2023 Pending
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18/190659
Optical fiber alignment device and method Mar 26, 2023 Issued
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18/190941
Photonic communication platform and related architectures, systems and methods Mar 26, 2023 Issued
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18/125644
SINGULATION OF LITHIUM-CONTAINING PHOTONIC DEVICES Mar 22, 2023 Pending
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18/180931
Optical sensor and method of fabricating the optical sensor Mar 8, 2023 Issued
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