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Michael A. Lyons

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2877
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2877
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1651
Issued Applications
1383
Pending Applications
121
Abandoned Applications
177

Applications

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18/172043
Optical gyroscope with weak measurement amplification readout Feb 20, 2023 Issued
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18/166665
Transverse magnetic mode travelling wave resonator with at least one Bragg grating and gyroscope applications thereof Feb 8, 2023 Issued
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18/166792
Resonator optical gyroscope with diminished bias error Feb 8, 2023 Issued
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18/160381
LASER INTERFEROMETER Jan 26, 2023 Pending
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18/156104
OPTICAL SYSTEM Jan 17, 2023 Pending
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18/147714
HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING USING EXTERNAL LIGHT SOURCE Dec 28, 2022 Pending
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18/082561
Spatial property or color implementation property measurement device of holographic images Dec 14, 2022 Issued
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18/082561
Spatial property or color implementation property measurement device of holographic images Dec 14, 2022 Issued
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18/081607
Systems and methods for semiconductor chip surface topography metrology Dec 13, 2022 Issued
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18/081607
Systems and methods for semiconductor chip surface topography metrology Dec 13, 2022 Issued
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18/060795
Aggregating data over time to improve image quality Nov 30, 2022 Issued
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17/993372
REFLECTIVE MATERIAL AND MARKERS FOR LIGHT SOURCE CALIBRATION Nov 22, 2022 Pending
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17/993372
REFLECTIVE MATERIAL AND MARKERS FOR LIGHT SOURCE CALIBRATION Nov 22, 2022 Pending
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17/964799
Micro optic assemblies and optical interrogation systems Oct 11, 2022 Issued
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17/963556
Four-quadrant interferometry system based on an integrated array wave plate Oct 10, 2022 Issued
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17/959779
Method and device for characterizing the surface shape of an optical element Oct 3, 2022 Issued
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17/941168
Single cell in-die metrology targets and measurement methods Sep 8, 2022 Issued
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17/898618
Laser interferometer Aug 29, 2022 Issued
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17/894202
Optical interference range sensor Aug 23, 2022 Issued
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17/894164
Optical measurement system Aug 23, 2022 Issued
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