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Michael A. Lyons

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

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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14/348514
CONFOCAL SPECTROMETER AND METHOD FOR IMAGING IN CONFOCAL SPECTROMETER Sep 5, 2012 Abandoned
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13/587689
APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GRAVITATIONAL FORCE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Aug 15, 2012 Abandoned
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13/586135
Chip-Scale Optomechanical Gravimeter Aug 14, 2012 Abandoned
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14/234197
Methods and systems for integrated imaging using optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic imaging Aug 12, 2012 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8520974 [patent_doc_number] => 20120320382 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-12-20 [patent_title] => 'Device for Determining the Position of at Least One Structure on an Object, Use of an Illumination Apparatus with the Device and Use of Protective Gas with the Device' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/571873 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 10919 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [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] => 13571873 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/571873
Device for determining the position of at least one structure on an object, use of an illumination apparatus with the device and use of protective gas with the device Aug 9, 2012 Issued
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14/238730
Deformation measurement sensor operating in a hostile environment and including an optical movement measurement module, and measurement system using said sensor Aug 8, 2012 Issued
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13/570793
Gyroscope utilizing torsional springs and optical sensing Aug 8, 2012 Issued
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14/235925
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUANTITIVE PHASE TOMOGRAPHY THROUGH LINEAR SCANNING WITH COHERENT AND NON-COHERENT DETECTION Jul 29, 2012 Abandoned
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13/551348
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC ANGLE-RESOLVED LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY Jul 16, 2012 Abandoned
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14/123234
Acoustic signal receiving apparatus and imaging apparatus Jul 10, 2012 Issued
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14/232131
Method for high resolution sum-frequency generation and infrared microscopy Jul 9, 2012 Issued
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14/128621
Optical fibre sensor interrogation system Jun 27, 2012 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8750588 [patent_doc_number] => 08416425 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-04-09 [patent_title] => 'Interferometric measurement of non-homogeneous multi-material surfaces' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/528786 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-06-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 4659 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 186 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13528786 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/528786
Interferometric measurement of non-homogeneous multi-material surfaces Jun 19, 2012 Issued
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13/528793
Interferometric measurement of non-homogeneous multi-material surfaces Jun 19, 2012 Issued
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13/526865
Optical coherence tomographic imaging method and optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus Jun 18, 2012 Issued
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14/131828
Interferometer and spectrometer including same Jun 13, 2012 Issued
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13/523816
Quantitative phase microscopy for high-contrast cell imaging using frequency domain phase shift Jun 13, 2012 Issued
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13/493844
Optical sensor having a non-negligible source coherence length Jun 10, 2012 Issued
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14/234674
Arrangements for lead pins in a spectroscope May 27, 2012 Issued
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13/880730
Swing-style and high signal-to-noise ratio demodulation devices and corresponding demodulation method for the measurement of low coherence interference displacement May 27, 2012 Issued
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