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Michael A. Lyons

Examiner (ID: 3948, Phone: (571)272-2420 , Office: P/2877 )

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2877
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2877
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1696
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1407
Pending Applications
125
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181

Applications

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18/894097
DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Sep 23, 2024 Pending
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18/882143
DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS Sep 10, 2024 Pending
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18/799510
SURFACE METROLOGY SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF Aug 8, 2024 Pending
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18/795410
STRUCTURED-LIGHT-BASED TRENCH PROFILE MEASUREMENT FOR PLANTER ROW UNIT Aug 5, 2024 Pending
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18/783208
Optical coherence tomography system for subsurface inspection Jul 23, 2024 Issued
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18/777447
WAVELENGTH REFERENCE DEVICE Jul 17, 2024 Pending
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18/776985
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES IN A LIQUID DISPERSION SAMPLE Jul 17, 2024 Pending
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18/746129
METHOD AND MICROSCOPE FOR DETERMINING FLOW PROPERTIES IN A SAMPLE CHAMBER THROUGH WHICH A MEDIUM FLOWS Jun 17, 2024 Pending
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18/744405
Portable optical gyroscope and compass unit Jun 13, 2024 Issued
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18/680898
RING RESONATOR MAGNETOMETER WITH ABSORBENT MATERIAL May 30, 2024 Pending
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18/664376
Laser Interferometer And Method Of Adjusting Optical Axis Of Laser Interferometer May 14, 2024 Pending
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18/647044
Semiconductor process device and method of monitoring semiconductor process Apr 25, 2024 Issued
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18/644189
Method and system for adjusting a reference section of an OCT system Apr 23, 2024 Issued
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18/620384
Multi-configurable wavefront tester Mar 27, 2024 Issued
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18/612343
Laser Interferometer Mar 20, 2024 Pending
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18/600690
Interferometric measurement system using time-correlated photons Mar 8, 2024 Issued
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18/595318
Heterodyne laser interferometer based on integrated dual polarization beam-splitting assembly and measurement method thereof Mar 3, 2024 Issued
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18/590913
FLATNESS PRECISION IMPROVEMENT WITH SYSTEMATIC ERROR REDUCTION VIA INDUCED WAFER TILT VARIATION Feb 27, 2024 Pending
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18/396691
System, method, and apparatus for digital holographic vibration imaging with integrated system phase correction Dec 25, 2023 Issued
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18/533186
Holographic microscope Dec 7, 2023 Issued
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