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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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18/226331
HOLLOW-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Jul 25, 2023 Pending
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18/348393
WAVELENGTH CONVERTER AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Jul 6, 2023 Pending
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18/344442
Optical source and supercontinuum light generation apparatus Jun 28, 2023 Issued
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18/212933
SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REALIZING TRANSVERSE ANDERSON LOCALIZATION IN ENERGY RELAYS USING COMPONENT ENGINEERED STRUCTURES Jun 21, 2023 Abandoned
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18/212515
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTENSITY MODULATION IN A PHOTONIC COMPUTING SYSTEM BASED ON INTERFEROMETRIC COUPLING Jun 20, 2023 Pending
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18/207361
RELEASE MECHANISM OF TRANSCEIVER MODULE Jun 7, 2023 Pending
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18/206239
TRACEABLE FIBER USING FERRULE AND CAP AT FAN-OUT KIT Jun 5, 2023 Abandoned
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18/205924
Method for Generating Non-Classical Light from Classical Light Jun 4, 2023 Pending
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18/328431
Tray means for providing a plurality of different modular cassette configurations in a fiber optic management system Jun 1, 2023 Issued
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18/203263
Bright sources for pure photons entanglement May 29, 2023 Issued
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18/203263
Bright sources for pure photons entanglement May 29, 2023 Issued
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18/323309
Silicon-based modulator with different transition zone thicknesses May 23, 2023 Issued
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18/196764
Ultra-broadband mid-infrared generation in dispersion-engineered thin-film lithium niobate May 11, 2023 Issued
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18/196860
FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY May 11, 2023 Pending
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18/196519
Apparatus and Method for Implementing Low Latency Optical Channels May 11, 2023 Pending
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18/314817
OPTICAL MODULATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME May 9, 2023 Pending
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18/314817
OPTICAL MODULATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME May 9, 2023 Pending
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18/144201
OPTICAL CONNECTOR May 6, 2023 Pending
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18/144201
OPTICAL CONNECTOR May 6, 2023 Pending
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18/312593
Nonlinear optical device May 4, 2023 Issued
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