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Michael A. Lyons

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

Most Active Art Unit
2877
Art Unit(s)
2877
Total Applications
1696
Issued Applications
1407
Pending Applications
125
Abandoned Applications
181

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/723820
Method of inspecting a substrate, metrology apparatus, and lithographic system Oct 2, 2017 Issued
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16/336890
Multiple offset interferometer Sep 28, 2017 Issued
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16/337894
Movable body apparatus, moving method, exposure apparatus, exposure method, flat-panel display manufacturing method , and device manufacturing method Sep 28, 2017 Issued
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15/717438
Wavelength tunable laser device Sep 26, 2017 Issued
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16/336067
Single-chip optical coherence tomography device Sep 25, 2017 Issued
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16/335587
High-resolution integrated-optics-based spectrometer Sep 25, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 15879583 [patent_doc_number] => 10646111 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-05-12 [patent_title] => Spectrally encoded endoscopy apparatus and methods [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/713233 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-09-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 27 [patent_no_of_words] => 9837 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 73 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15713233 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/713233
Spectrally encoded endoscopy apparatus and methods Sep 21, 2017 Issued
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15/708068
Tomographic approach to 3-D holographic refractometry Sep 17, 2017 Issued
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15/703824
Device For Optically Measuring An Object Sep 12, 2017 Abandoned
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16/348332
PARTICLE SENSOR INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO LASER DOPPLER SENSORS Sep 11, 2017 Abandoned
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15/682114
Optical sensor with one or more sensing interference elements Aug 20, 2017 Issued
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15/679969
Optical emission system including dichroic beam combiner Aug 16, 2017 Issued
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16/333752
Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems Aug 15, 2017 Issued
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15/676729
Test device and method for testing a mirror Aug 13, 2017 Issued
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16/622984
Structure measuring device, measurement point correcting device, and measurement point correcting method Jul 30, 2017 Issued
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15/658630
Measuring device and method for substrate warping amount Jul 24, 2017 Issued
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16/630231
Optical phased array lidar Jul 10, 2017 Issued
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16/314044
Systems and methods for an actively controlled optical imaging device Jul 4, 2017 Issued
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15/634456
Systems and methods for endoscopic angle-resolved low coherence interferometry Jun 26, 2017 Issued
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15/617801
Fiber optic bolometer Jun 7, 2017 Issued
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