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Mark Hellner

Examiner (ID: 6706, Phone: (571)272-6981 , Office: P/3645 )

Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
2202, 3662, 3663, 3645, 3642
Total Applications
4164
Issued Applications
3695
Pending Applications
223
Abandoned Applications
284

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/844452
Frequency modulated continuous wave LIDAR with locked dual lasers Apr 8, 2020 Issued
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16/843655
Methods and apparatus for generating ghost light Apr 7, 2020 Issued
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16/840873
Characterizing linearity of an optical frequency chirp output by an FMCW laser Apr 5, 2020 Issued
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16/839237
Dispersion compensation for a frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) LIDAR system Apr 2, 2020 Issued
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16/836302
Injection locked on-chip laser to external on-chip resonator Mar 30, 2020 Issued
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17/437635
Optical fiber characterization using a nonlinear skirt measurement Mar 26, 2020 Issued
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16/830569
Frequency shift light modulator and laser doppler measuring device Mar 25, 2020 Issued
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16/829471
Light wave distance meter Mar 24, 2020 Issued
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16/827293
Adaptive emitter and receiver for Lidar systems Mar 22, 2020 Issued
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16/826372
Optical filtering to stabilize fiber amplifiers in the presence of stimulated Brillouin scattering Mar 22, 2020 Issued
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17/599218
Signal processing device, signal processing method, and distance-measuring module Mar 18, 2020 Issued
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17/437115
Methods and systems for detecting obstructions on a sensor housing Mar 12, 2020 Issued
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17/440681
Time-of-flight apparatus and method Mar 11, 2020 Issued
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16/814349
Liquid crystal based optical deflector and optical scanner using the same Mar 9, 2020 Issued
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16/809167
Optical system architecture Mar 3, 2020 Issued
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16/808157
Laser apparatus and manufacturing method of display apparatus using the same Mar 2, 2020 Issued
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16/807964
DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD Mar 2, 2020 Abandoned
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16/804566
Optical connection structure Feb 27, 2020 Issued
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16/803505
Method and device for detecting incident laser radiation on a spacecraft Feb 26, 2020 Issued
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16/803571
Method and device for detecting incident laser radiation on a spacecraft Feb 26, 2020 Issued
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