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Karen S. Acker

Examiner (ID: 2184, Phone: (571)272-7655 , Office: P/2918 )

Most Active Art Unit
2915
Art Unit(s)
2918, 2915
Total Applications
2486
Issued Applications
2395
Pending Applications
0
Abandoned Applications
91

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/281969
Contact image sensor using switchable Bragg gratings Feb 20, 2019 Issued
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16/281035
Optoelectronic device Feb 19, 2019 Issued
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16/970704
Systems and methods for quantum communication using optical fiber links having a scattering region Feb 18, 2019 Issued
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16/976866
Optical arithmetic unit Feb 12, 2019 Issued
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16/272179
System for data transmission in optical systems Feb 10, 2019 Issued
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16/265066
Inkjet head, inkjet head subassembly, inkjet head assembly and inkjet printer Jan 31, 2019 Issued
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16/261889
Retention apparatus and method for terminating a jacketed cable Jan 29, 2019 Issued
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16/250381
Optical devices including a high contrast grating lens Jan 16, 2019 Issued
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16/249862
Pivotable cover for sliding tray and sliding tray including the cover Jan 15, 2019 Issued
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16/249019
Device for sealably connecting circuits in contaminated environments and methods of using and making same Jan 15, 2019 Issued
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16/236885
Optical fiber connector and assembly method therefor Dec 30, 2018 Issued
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16/230789
Fastening member and optical receptacle module Dec 20, 2018 Issued
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16/224289
Optical fiber connector Dec 17, 2018 Issued
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16/220995
Diffractive waveplate lenses and applications Dec 13, 2018 Issued
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16/216899
WAVELENGTH COMBINER PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH GRATING COUPLING OF LASERS Dec 10, 2018 Abandoned
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16/211838
Optical fiber adapter Dec 5, 2018 Issued
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16/199845
Photonic interconnect switches and network integrated into an optoelectronic chip Nov 25, 2018 Issued
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16/197845
Detachable optical connectors for optical chips comprising a connector support and methods of fabricating the same Nov 20, 2018 Issued
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16/193919
Low bend loss optical fiber with step index core Nov 15, 2018 Issued
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16/192445
Switch sub-chassis systems and methods Nov 14, 2018 Issued
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