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Michael A. Lyons

Examiner (ID: 17057, Phone: (571)272-2420 , Office: P/2877 )

Most Active Art Unit
2877
Art Unit(s)
2877
Total Applications
1672
Issued Applications
1391
Pending Applications
124
Abandoned Applications
179

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/196731
Length measuring apparatus, and method of manufacturing article Jun 28, 2016 Issued
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15/193775
Method of measuring at least one dimension of an object Jun 26, 2016 Issued
Array ( [id] => 15195919 [patent_doc_number] => 10495446 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2019-12-03 [patent_title] => Methods and apparatus for measuring height on a semiconductor wafer [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/192962 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-06-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 9081 [patent_no_of_claims] => 17 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 211 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15192962 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/192962
Methods and apparatus for measuring height on a semiconductor wafer Jun 23, 2016 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11351429 [patent_doc_number] => 20160370169 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2016-12-22 [patent_title] => 'APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPACE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/191006 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2016-06-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 19 [patent_figures_cnt] => 19 [patent_no_of_words] => 10958 [patent_no_of_claims] => 23 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15191006 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/191006
Apparatus and method for space-division multiplexing optical coherence tomography Jun 22, 2016 Issued
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15/190727
Recirculating etalon spectrometer Jun 22, 2016 Issued
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15/188833
Imaging through highly diffusive media with wavefront shaping Jun 20, 2016 Issued
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15/736109
Common-path integrated low coherence interferometry system and method therefor Jun 15, 2016 Issued
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15/178418
ADVANCED 4-DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL AND DEVICE TESTING USING CIRCUIT-STATE RECOGNITION Jun 8, 2016 Abandoned
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15/574533
Optical shape sensing system and method for sensing a position and/or shape of a medical device using backscatter reflectometry Jun 7, 2016 Issued
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15/172481
Chip-scale star tracker Jun 2, 2016 Issued
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15/155773
Fiber-optic temperature and flow sensor system and methods May 15, 2016 Issued
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14/999399
Method of bridging quantum and classical physics May 2, 2016 Abandoned
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15/095418
Measurement system using tracking-type laser interferometer and return method of the measurement system Apr 10, 2016 Issued
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15/091021
Method and system for determining in-plane distortions in a substrate Apr 4, 2016 Issued
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15/570530
Imaging apparatus Mar 29, 2016 Issued
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15/080170
Field-programmable optical component Mar 23, 2016 Issued
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15/072560
Structured light measuring apparatus and methods Mar 16, 2016 Issued
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15/556988
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN BONDING ZONES BETWEEN SAMPLES SUCH AS WAFERS Mar 9, 2016 Abandoned
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15/062092
Apparatus and method for quantitive phase tomography through linear scanning with coherent and non-coherent detection Mar 4, 2016 Issued
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15/056245
Terahertz spectroscopy system and method Feb 28, 2016 Issued
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