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Michael A. Lyons

Examiner (ID: 9966, Phone: (571)272-2420 , Office: P/2877 )

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2877
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1651
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1383
Pending Applications
121
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177

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16/815822
Method and system for machine learning using optical data Mar 10, 2020 Issued
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16/810269
Lidar sensing arrangements Mar 4, 2020 Issued
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17/435945
Spectral device Feb 26, 2020 Issued
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16/801047
Micro-molded anamorphic reflector lens for image guided therapeutic/diagnostic catheters Feb 24, 2020 Issued
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17/800612
Measuring apparatus, on-chip instrumentation device and measuring method Feb 24, 2020 Issued
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16/795908
Marker attachment device for a borescope Feb 19, 2020 Issued
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16/781610
Quantification of heart failure using molecular chemical imaging Feb 3, 2020 Issued
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16/730355
Wavelength tunable laser device using frequency shifter Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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16/727863
Systems and methods for evaluating critical dimensions based on diffraction-based overlay metrology Dec 25, 2019 Issued
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17/418510
Monitoring and controlling hydrophobic components in a pulp process Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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16/721975
Microelectromechanical (MEMS) fabry-perot interferometer, apparatus and method for manufacturing fabry-perot interferometer Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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16/706412
Pulse per second signal generation using a fiber optic gyroscope Dec 5, 2019 Issued
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16/703428
Tunable Fabry-Perot filter element, spectrometer device and method for manufacturing a tunable Fabry-Perot filter element Dec 3, 2019 Issued
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16/701632
Concentricity measurement platform Dec 2, 2019 Issued
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17/293706
Optical deflector parameter measurement device, method, and program Dec 1, 2019 Issued
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16/701011
Frequency-domain optical coherence tomography with extended field-of-view and reduction of aliasing artifacts Dec 1, 2019 Issued
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16/968611
Sinusoidal frequency sweeping interferometric absolute distance measurement apparatus and method with dynamic offset frequency locking Nov 28, 2019 Issued
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17/296117
Method and system for measuring a surface of an object comprising different structures using low coherence interferometry Nov 27, 2019 Issued
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16/694390
Shape measurement system, probe tip unit, and shape measurement method Nov 24, 2019 Issued
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16/690000
Displacement detection device Nov 19, 2019 Issued
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