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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

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13/356379
Method of detecting a topology of a reflective surface Jan 22, 2012 Issued
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13/351710
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM BY USING AN IMMERSION FLUID Jan 16, 2012 Abandoned
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13/349402
Pattern defect analysis equipment, pattern defect analysis method and pattern defect analysis program Jan 11, 2012 Issued
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13/342350
Spatial light interference microscopy and fourier transform light scattering for cell and tissue characterization Jan 2, 2012 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8357594 [patent_doc_number] => 20120212742 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-08-23 [patent_title] => 'OPTICAL PARAMETER MEASURING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL PARAMETER MEASURING METHOD' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/339167 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2011-12-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 4799 [patent_no_of_claims] => 11 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [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] => 13339167 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/339167
Optical parameter measuring apparatus and optical parameter measuring method Dec 27, 2011 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8889818 [patent_doc_number] => 20130163002 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-06-27 [patent_title] => 'Quantitative Phase Microscopy For Label-Free High-Contrast Cell Imaging' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/335748 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2011-12-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 10227 [patent_no_of_claims] => 34 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [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] => 13335748 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/335748
Quantitative phase microscopy for label-free high-contrast cell imaging Dec 21, 2011 Issued
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13/335175
System and method for auto-focusing in optical coherence tomography Dec 21, 2011 Issued
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13/327627
Apparatus and method for irradiating a scattering medium Dec 14, 2011 Issued
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13/884028
Apparatuses and methods for detecting wave front abberation of projection objective system in photolithography machine Nov 29, 2011 Issued
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13/302675
Method and apparatus for measuring spacings between optical surfaces of an optical system Nov 21, 2011 Issued
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13/303115
Broadband discrete spectrum optical source Nov 21, 2011 Issued
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13/297356
Optical coherence tomography system and method Nov 15, 2011 Issued
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13/885735
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNMENT OF INTERFEROMETER Nov 15, 2011 Abandoned
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13/296317
Micro-spectral sensor Nov 14, 2011 Issued
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13/293780
Interferometer and distance calculation method therefor Nov 9, 2011 Issued
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13/636123
METHOD AND DEVICE OF DIFFERENTIAL CONFOCAL AND INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT FOR MULTIPLE PARAMETERS OF AN ELEMENT Nov 8, 2011 Abandoned
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13/287380
Tomographic imaging method and tomographic imaging apparatus Nov 1, 2011 Issued
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13/281656
Optical measuring apparatuses including polarized beam splitters Oct 25, 2011 Issued
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13/279855
Interference objective lens unit and light-interference measuring apparatus using thereof Oct 23, 2011 Issued
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13/822355
Method and device for superresolution optical measurement using singular optics Oct 13, 2011 Issued
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