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John A. Lane

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Most Active Art Unit
2139
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2312, 2139, 2186, 2305, 2751, 2185, 2303, 2309, 2188, 2189
Total Applications
2052
Issued Applications
1798
Pending Applications
47
Abandoned Applications
220

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/757037
Optical device for heterodyne interferometry Dec 10, 2020 Issued
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17/114548
Visual quality assessment augmentation employing holographic interferometry Dec 7, 2020 Issued
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17/112583
Wavelength reference device Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/781594
Method and system for determining the local position of at least one optical element in a machine for laser processing of a material, using low-coherence optical interferometry techniques Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/781749
Method and system for determining the position of an element of an optical system in an assembly for processing or measuring an object, as well as the position of said object relative to said assembly, by parallel interferometric measurements Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/110419
Method and system for determining the separation distance between a body and the surface of an object by means of low coherence optical interferometry techniques under distortion due to sub-sampling Dec 2, 2020 Issued
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17/103662
Ring waveguide based integrated photonics optical gyroscope with gain tuning for enhanced performance Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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17/102503
Measuring assembly for the frequency-based determination of the position of a component Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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17/101094
Three dimensional (3D) imaging using optical coherence factor (OCF) Nov 22, 2020 Issued
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16/953994
Optical sensor Nov 19, 2020 Issued
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17/088115
Movable body apparatus, moving method, exposure apparatus, exposure method, flat-panel display manufacturing method, and device manufacturing method Nov 2, 2020 Issued
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17/087238
Method and device for superresolution optical measurement using singular optics Nov 1, 2020 Issued
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17/773115
In-line angular optical multi-point scatterometry for nanomanufacturing systems Oct 29, 2020 Issued
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17/904280
LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY ON COMPOSITIONS MANUFACTURED USING THERMAL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES Oct 29, 2020 Pending
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17/074974
Retro-interferometer having active readjustment Oct 19, 2020 Issued
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17/075329
Optical sensor window cleaner Oct 19, 2020 Issued
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17/065225
Thickness measuring apparatus Oct 6, 2020 Issued
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17/064212
Hybrid 3D inspection system Oct 5, 2020 Issued
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17/760983
Light interference generator and interference imaging device Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/039539
All-optical ultrasonic detection device based on light-induced ultrasound and laser interference Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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