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Mark A. Williams

Examiner (ID: 17185)

Most Active Art Unit
3675
Art Unit(s)
3676, 3209, 3675, 3722, 3673, 3674, 3626
Total Applications
2073
Issued Applications
1525
Pending Applications
104
Abandoned Applications
464

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/109247
Long distance distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) and WDM communications over repeated fiber spans using all-raman amplification and coding schemes Feb 12, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19109234 [patent_doc_number] => 11962353 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-04-16 [patent_title] => Method and system for identifying entangled photons with one-way classical information sharing [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/167633 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-02-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 19587 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 173 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18167633 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/167633
Method and system for identifying entangled photons with one-way classical information sharing Feb 9, 2023 Issued
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18/165717
OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL RECEIVING DEVICE Feb 6, 2023 Abandoned
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18/164722
Apparatus and method for joint profile-based slicing of mobile access and optical backhaul Feb 5, 2023 Issued
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18/104833
Method for polarization alignment Feb 1, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18424853 [patent_doc_number] => 20230179318 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-06-08 [patent_title] => Wavelength Selective Switch, Optical Switching Device, and System [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/161134 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-01-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 14418 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -18 [patent_words_short_claim] => 2 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18161134 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/161134
Wavelength selective switch, optical switching device, and system Jan 29, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20508325 [patent_doc_number] => 12542608 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2026-02-03 [patent_title] => Information transmission method and communication apparatus [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/158762 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-01-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 7810 [patent_no_of_claims] => 17 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 218 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18158762 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/158762
Information transmission method and communication apparatus Jan 23, 2023 Issued
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18/100857
Method and apparatus for mapping out sources of decoherence in quantum channels Jan 23, 2023 Issued
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18/155700
Optical network power consumption mitigation Jan 16, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18866818 [patent_doc_number] => 20230421255 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-12-28 [patent_title] => INTEGRATED COHERENT RECEIVER FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBER SENSING APPARATUS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/094838 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-01-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 4438 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -18 [patent_words_short_claim] => 145 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18094838 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/094838
INTEGRATED COHERENT RECEIVER FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBER SENSING APPARATUS Jan 8, 2023 Abandoned
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18/089680
Quantum key distribution with single detector and interferometer based optical switch Dec 27, 2022 Issued
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18/088626
MEMS optical microphone Dec 25, 2022 Issued
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18/146176
Digital filter arrangement for compensating group velocity dispersion in an optical transmission system Dec 22, 2022 Issued
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18/085224
Satellite-based remote quantum computation Dec 19, 2022 Issued
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18/067547
Pulse noise modulation to encode data Dec 15, 2022 Issued
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18/066006
Multi-carrier transmitter with integrated multiplexer and receiver with integrated demultiplexer Dec 13, 2022 Issued
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18/080684
Structures and methods for high speed interconnection in photonic systems Dec 12, 2022 Issued
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18/076414
Analog front-end module of ultra-wideband optical receiver Dec 6, 2022 Issued
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18/715054
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING QUANTUM SECURE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH REDUCED COMPLEXITY IN QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Nov 28, 2022 Pending
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18/070126
Transmitter circuit, optical module, and communications device Nov 27, 2022 Issued
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