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Kathryn Elizabeth Ditmer

Examiner (ID: 2404, Phone: (571)270-5178 , Office: P/3778 )

Most Active Art Unit
3785
Art Unit(s)
3778, 3764, 3785, 3782
Total Applications
899
Issued Applications
491
Pending Applications
99
Abandoned Applications
335

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/340271
HIGH DENSITY OPTICAL SPLITTER WITH EXTERNAL FANOUT DEVICE Jun 22, 2023 Pending
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18/213253
METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PHOTONIC FILTERING USING NONUNIFORM LATTICE FILTERS Jun 21, 2023 Pending
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18/209680
Photonics chip structures including an edge coupler and a layer exhibiting an electric-field-induced Pockels effect Jun 13, 2023 Issued
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18/332177
Optical fiber bundle structure, optical fiber connection structure, and optical fiber bundle structure manufacturing method Jun 8, 2023 Issued
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18/207435
CONNECTION MECHANISM AND LOCK MECHANISM USED IN OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS Jun 7, 2023 Pending
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18/331602
OPTICAL FIBER CABLE Jun 7, 2023 Pending
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18/205017
OPTICAL CONNECTION DEVICE, COMPOSITE OPTICAL CONNECTION DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL CONNECTION DEVICE Jun 1, 2023 Abandoned
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18/327927
Fusion splicer and fusion splicing method Jun 1, 2023 Issued
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18/327503
Optical fiber May 31, 2023 Issued
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18/324572
Resonant interferometric coupler and method of modifying an optical signal using same May 25, 2023 Issued
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18/321939
Multicore Fiber with Distal Motor May 22, 2023 Pending
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18/197967
Re-spliceable splice-on connector and method of making same May 15, 2023 Issued
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18/557999
OPTICAL FIBER CABLE AND CABLE WITH CONNECTOR Apr 18, 2023 Pending
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18/135692
WAVEGUIDE WITH CONTROLLED MODE CONFINEMENT FOR ANALYTE INTERACTION AND OPTICAL POWER DELIVERY Apr 16, 2023 Pending
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18/132336
Co-Packaging Assembly and Method for Attaching Photonic Dies/Modules to Multi-Chip Active/Passive Substrate Apr 6, 2023 Pending
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18/296665
Periscope optical assembly with inserted components Apr 5, 2023 Issued
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18/130805
STACKABLE SPLITTERS Apr 3, 2023 Pending
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18/194859
Fiber optic assembly with connectorized midplane Apr 2, 2023 Issued
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18/123493
High density fiber enclosure and method Mar 19, 2023 Issued
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18/123083
Optical multi-die interconnect bridge (OMIB) Mar 16, 2023 Issued
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