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Mark Hellner

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Most Active Art Unit
3645
Art Unit(s)
3648, 3645, 3642, 2202, 3662, 3663
Total Applications
4200
Issued Applications
3719
Pending Applications
217
Abandoned Applications
290

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/666297
Method for monitoring large deformation of tunnel surrounding rock based on automatic target tracking and ranging system Feb 6, 2022 Issued
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17/666177
Techniques for combining optical beams into shared spatial mode Feb 6, 2022 Issued
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17/583531
Semiconductor optical amplifier array device Jan 24, 2022 Issued
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17/648740
Selectable wavelength cascading coherent optical pump sources Jan 23, 2022 Issued
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17/582586
Light-receiving device and lidar Jan 23, 2022 Issued
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17/581685
LiDAR scanning system and methods Jan 20, 2022 Issued
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17/573132
Optical amplifier and gain adjustment method for optical amplifier Jan 10, 2022 Issued
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18/270733
TIME-OF-FLIGHT DEMODULATION CIRCUITRY, TIME-OF-FLIGHT DEMODULATION METHOD, TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING APPARATUS, TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD Jan 4, 2022 Pending
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17/569480
Depth sensing using a time of flight system including a scanning beam in combination with a single photon avalanche diode array Jan 4, 2022 Issued
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17/566524
Techniques for increasing effective power in multi-beam LIDAR systems Dec 29, 2021 Issued
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17/553586
Frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) waveform generator/decoder Dec 15, 2021 Issued
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17/552303
Optical system for collecting distance information within a field Dec 14, 2021 Issued
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17/548364
Surveying pole and secondary sensor unit having toroidal form Dec 9, 2021 Issued
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18/265966
Circuit for background light suppression Dec 8, 2021 Issued
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17/546097
LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM Dec 8, 2021 Pending
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17/457433
Distance measurement device, distance measurement method, and distance measurement program Dec 1, 2021 Issued
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17/534237
TOF sensor, image sensing device and operation method thereof Nov 22, 2021 Issued
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17/906344
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ROTATIONAL SPEED OF SATELLITE DISK ON MOCVD PLANETARY SUSCEPTOR Nov 18, 2021 Pending
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17/531624
LiDAR systems and methods that use a multi-facet mirror Nov 18, 2021 Issued
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17/455726
Active transverse mode instability mitigation for high power fiber amplifiers apparatus, methods, and applications Nov 18, 2021 Issued
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