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Gerard T. Higgins

Examiner (ID: 18488, Phone: (571)270-3467 , Office: P/1785 )

Most Active Art Unit
1785
Art Unit(s)
1785, 1759, 4174, 1794, 1796
Total Applications
1010
Issued Applications
548
Pending Applications
96
Abandoned Applications
379

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/120909
Method for manufacturing multimode optical fibers Dec 13, 2020 Issued
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17/116806
Optical bench, method of making and method of using Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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17/116131
Microwave-to-optical transducer using magneto-optics at zero applied magnetic field Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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17/113749
Electro-optical modulator and a method for obtaining an electro-optical modulator Dec 6, 2020 Issued
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17/110341
PROJECTION APPARATUS AND WEARABLE DISPLAY DEVICE Dec 2, 2020 Abandoned
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17/108278
Light source module Nov 30, 2020 Issued
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16/953146
High bandwidth optical interconnection architectures Nov 18, 2020 Issued
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17/089546
Metasurfaces with light-redirecting structures including multiple materials and methods for fabricating Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/079954
Optical module for endoscope, endoscope, and manufacturing method of optical module for endoscope Oct 25, 2020 Issued
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17/079143
Eyepieces for augmented reality display system Oct 22, 2020 Issued
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18/044165
Distributed position detection rope and distributed position detection system Oct 14, 2020 Issued
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17/767312
Organizer assemblies for fiber optic closures Oct 7, 2020 Issued
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17/062952
Optical element and light guide element Oct 4, 2020 Issued
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17/027954
Optical component having variable depth gratings and method of formation Sep 21, 2020 Issued
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17/002928
OPTICAL DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTION SYSTEM Aug 25, 2020 Abandoned
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17/001702
Optical device, wearable display device, and light-guiding unit Aug 24, 2020 Issued
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16/996212
Fiber distribution device Aug 17, 2020 Issued
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16/995245
OPTICAL MODULE FOR ENDOSCOPE, ENDOSCOPE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL MODULE FOR ENDOSCOPE Aug 16, 2020 Abandoned
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16/986383
Apparatus and methods for optical neural network Aug 5, 2020 Issued
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16/985125
Electronic devices with optical and radio-frequency components Aug 3, 2020 Issued
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