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Michael A. Lyons

Examiner (ID: 7672)

Most Active Art Unit
2877
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2877
Total Applications
1691
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1404
Pending Applications
124
Abandoned Applications
181

Applications

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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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18/081607
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 Issued
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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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18/698422
DOUBLE-MIRROR SHEAR INTERFEROMETER Sep 28, 2022 Pending
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18/696649
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING AND RANGE DETECTION Sep 21, 2022 Pending
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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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17/894164
Optical measurement system Aug 23, 2022 Issued
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17/894202
Optical interference range sensor Aug 23, 2022 Issued
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17/894108
Silicon nitride waveguide based integrated photonics front-end chip for optical gyroscope Aug 22, 2022 Issued
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17/821340
INSPECTING APPARATUS, PEELING APPARATUS, AND LEARNED MODEL GENERATING METHOD Aug 21, 2022 Pending
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17/819102
In-situ residual intensity noise measurement method and system Aug 10, 2022 Abandoned
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18/684675
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBSERVING A BIOLOGICAL PROBE Aug 9, 2022 Pending
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17/883454
Spherical multi-axis optical fiber sensing device, assembling method and movable device Aug 7, 2022 Issued
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