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Gary L. Welch

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 4739, Phone: (571)272-4996 , Office: P/4100 )

Most Active Art Unit
3765
Art Unit(s)
3765, OPT, 1732, 3741
Total Applications
811
Issued Applications
665
Pending Applications
55
Abandoned Applications
91

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/718859
Optical device and optical communication device Apr 11, 2022 Issued
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17/717135
Optical device Apr 10, 2022 Issued
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18/555408
A FIBER ARRANGEMENT, AN OPTICAL SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM Apr 10, 2022 Pending
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18/555408
A FIBER ARRANGEMENT, AN OPTICAL SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM Apr 10, 2022 Pending
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17/717990
Optical fiber connectors Apr 10, 2022 Issued
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17/712807
Optical transceiver housing with integrated vapor chamber and an optical transceiver module implementing same Apr 3, 2022 Issued
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17/711111
Excitation light irradiation device and excitation light irradiation method Mar 31, 2022 Issued
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17/711106
Method and apparatus for generating optical frequency comb Mar 31, 2022 Issued
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17/710881
PACKAGE WITH MULTIPLE PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIES OPTICALLY COUPLED WITH EACH OTHER Mar 30, 2022 Pending
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17/710881
PACKAGE WITH MULTIPLE PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIES OPTICALLY COUPLED WITH EACH OTHER Mar 30, 2022 Pending
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17/710952
Multi-core polymer optical fibre and the fabrication thereof Mar 30, 2022 Issued
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17/706724
Display Mar 28, 2022 Issued
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17/696755
Compact mode-locked laser module Mar 15, 2022 Issued
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18/279826
IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH MULTI-WAVELENGTH IN-COUPLING DIFFRACTIVE OPTIC Mar 3, 2022 Pending
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18/279826
IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH MULTI-WAVELENGTH IN-COUPLING DIFFRACTIVE OPTIC Mar 3, 2022 Pending
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17/686702
PARAMETRICALLY-DRIVEN COHERENT SIGNAL ROUTER FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING AND RELATED METHODS Mar 3, 2022 Pending
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17/683921
Light generation and distribution methods and systems for disinfection, medical therapeutics, and lighting Feb 28, 2022 Issued
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17/683007
MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS Feb 27, 2022 Abandoned
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17/677651
Fiber optic reel system Feb 21, 2022 Issued
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17/676143
High fiber count undersea cable Feb 18, 2022 Issued
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