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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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18/192837
IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Mar 29, 2023 Pending
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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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18/190941
Photonic communication platform and related architectures, systems and methods Mar 26, 2023 Issued
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18/190659
Optical fiber alignment device and method 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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18/177262
Optical fiber plug, optical fiber connector, and optical fiber connection system Mar 1, 2023 Issued
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18/176424
Optical fiber adapter, optical fiber connector plug, connector assembly, and communication device Feb 27, 2023 Issued
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18/176424
Optical fiber adapter, optical fiber connector plug, connector assembly, and communication device Feb 27, 2023 Issued
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18/114761
Thermo-optic phase shifter systems and methods Feb 26, 2023 Issued
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18/166182
DRIVE DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS Feb 7, 2023 Issued
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18/166182
DRIVE DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS Feb 7, 2023 Issued
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18/164712
Optical modulation element Feb 5, 2023 Issued
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18/164712
Optical modulation element Feb 5, 2023 Issued
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18/105639
Tray system for providing modular cassette configurations in a fiber optic management system Feb 2, 2023 Issued
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18/157169
FIBER OPTIC CASSETTE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Jan 19, 2023 Abandoned
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18/156134
Adaptive heads-up display using a user monitoring system and remote systems Jan 17, 2023 Issued
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18/150557
Package structure including photonic package having embedded optical glue Jan 4, 2023 Issued
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18/150557
Package structure including photonic package having embedded optical glue Jan 4, 2023 Issued
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18/147064
ENCLOSURE FOR RECEIVING FIBER OPTIC CASSETTES Dec 27, 2022 Pending
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