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Melissa J. Koval

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 2177, Phone: (571)272-2121 , Office: P/2866 )

Most Active Art Unit
2851
Art Unit(s)
OPQA, 6216, 2851, 2862, 2866, 2858
Total Applications
902
Issued Applications
729
Pending Applications
47
Abandoned Applications
124

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/661760
MODE FIELD ADAPTER May 12, 2024 Pending
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18/640117
Semiconductor optical amplifier Apr 18, 2024 Pending
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18/615775
HIGH-POWER COHERENT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER ARRAY Mar 24, 2024 Pending
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18/400550
PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS Dec 28, 2023 Pending
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18/386220
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION Oct 31, 2023 Pending
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18/470000
Optical signal processing device and optical signal measurement method Sep 18, 2023 Issued
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18/468071
Optical modulation and amplification apparatus, optical module, optical network unit, and optical communication system Sep 14, 2023 Issued
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18/337948
Additive Manufacturing System Using Homogenizers and Shaped Amplifiers Jun 19, 2023 Pending
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18/568013
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INCREASING USEFUL LIFE OF LASER SYSTEM Jun 6, 2022 Pending
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18/547162
Head-Mounted Display Device Feb 20, 2022 Pending
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18/547162
Head-Mounted Display Device Feb 20, 2022 Pending
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18/257296
ADAPTER DEVICE Nov 17, 2021 Pending
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16/275295
Low-field magnetic resonance imaging methods and apparatus Feb 12, 2019 Issued
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16/232569
NMR shim system Dec 25, 2018 Issued
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16/007886
MR radio-frequency shielding unit Jun 12, 2018 Issued
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15/955061
Determining permeability of porous media based on nuclear magnetic resonance measurement Apr 16, 2018 Issued
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15/944637
System and method for phase cycling magnetic resonance fingerprinting (phc-MRF) Apr 2, 2018 Issued
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15/468410
GENERATION OF MAGNETIC FIELD PROXY THROUGH RF FREQUENCY DITHERING Mar 23, 2017 Abandoned
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15/289296
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus Oct 9, 2016 Issued
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15/285719
Systems and methods for generalized slice dithered enhanced resolution magnetic resonance imaging Oct 4, 2016 Issued
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