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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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18/550472
Optical waveguide element, optical modulator, optical modulation module, and optical transmission device Aug 24, 2022 Issued
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17/892276
FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR WITH FIBER END PROTECTION Aug 21, 2022 Abandoned
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17/892716
Optical communications connectors Aug 21, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19911330 [patent_doc_number] => 12287538 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-04-29 [patent_title] => Optical hybrid-waveguide electro-optical modulator [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/820673 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-08-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 1161 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 202 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17820673 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/820673
Optical hybrid-waveguide electro-optical modulator Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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17/889843
ROBOTIC STABILIZATION MECHANISMS AND RELATED METHODS Aug 16, 2022 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19941753 [patent_doc_number] => 12313880 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-05-27 [patent_title] => Optical integrated device, optical integrated circuit wafer, and method of manufacturing the optical integrated device [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/884895 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-08-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 20 [patent_figures_cnt] => 30 [patent_no_of_words] => 3646 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 248 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17884895 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/884895
Optical integrated device, optical integrated circuit wafer, and method of manufacturing the optical integrated device Aug 9, 2022 Issued
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18/691004
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NONLINEAR OPTICAL FREQUENCY-CONVERSION Aug 8, 2022 Pending
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17/803522
Interstitial recessed cantilever latch mechanism for fiber optic and electrical connectors Aug 7, 2022 Issued
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17/880006
Stacked waveguide cores with tunable phase delay Aug 2, 2022 Issued
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17/874490
Optical device Jul 26, 2022 Issued
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17/875256
Cascaded resonators photon pair source Jul 26, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18702195 [patent_doc_number] => 11788699 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-10-17 [patent_title] => Fiber-delivered laser-induced dynamic light system [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/871799 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-07-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 25 [patent_figures_cnt] => 33 [patent_no_of_words] => 37647 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 252 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17871799 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/871799
Fiber-delivered laser-induced dynamic light system Jul 21, 2022 Issued
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17/812967
PLANAR BIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL COUPLER FOR WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING Jul 14, 2022 Abandoned
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17/865131
Beam-steering system based on a MEMS-actuated vertical-coupler array Jul 13, 2022 Issued
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17/812192
Edge coupler and waveguide structure and forming method thereof Jul 12, 2022 Issued
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17/862133
Protective coating for nonlinear optical crystal Jul 10, 2022 Issued
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18/577211
COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING HOLLOW-CORE OPTICAL FIBRES COMPRISING A COUPLING ELEMENT Jul 6, 2022 Pending
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17/857785
Managed fiber connectivity systems Jul 4, 2022 Issued
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17/852173
Mach-zehnder interferometric optical modulator with shallow ridge waveguide structure and method for manufacturing the same Jun 27, 2022 Issued
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17/847035
Self-seeded OPA system Jun 21, 2022 Issued
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