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Michael A. Lyons

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2877
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2877
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1651
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1383
Pending Applications
121
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177

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/731124
Displacement measurements in semiconductor wafer processing Apr 26, 2022 Issued
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17/724225
NON-UNIFORM LIGHT-EMITTING LIDAR APPARATUS AND AUTONOMOUS ROBOT INCLUDING THE SAME Apr 18, 2022 Pending
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17/724225
NON-UNIFORM LIGHT-EMITTING LIDAR APPARATUS AND AUTONOMOUS ROBOT INCLUDING THE SAME Apr 18, 2022 Pending
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17/720344
Method and device for characterizing the surface shape of an optical element Apr 13, 2022 Issued
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17/716266
Broadband interferometry and method for measurement range extension by using same Apr 7, 2022 Issued
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17/715866
Optical spectrum sensor wafer or robot for chamber condition monitoring Apr 6, 2022 Issued
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17/715386
METHOD FOR MONITORING A LASER MACHINING PROCESS AND LASER MACHINING SYSTEM THEREFOR Apr 6, 2022 Pending
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17/714161
Single-chip optical transceiver Apr 5, 2022 Issued
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17/714161
Single-chip optical transceiver Apr 5, 2022 Issued
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17/712264
Lidar sensor with orthogonal arrays Apr 3, 2022 Issued
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17/710967
Heterodyne one-dimensional grating measuring device and measuring method thereof Mar 30, 2022 Issued
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17/708409
Measuring apparatus for interferometrically determining a surface shape Mar 29, 2022 Issued
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17/701847
Interferometer with at least one dispersive element Mar 22, 2022 Issued
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17/701012
Interferometric measurement method and interferometric measurement arrangement Mar 21, 2022 Issued
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17/697189
Optical distance measurement device and machining device Mar 16, 2022 Issued
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17/697189
Optical distance measurement device and machining device Mar 16, 2022 Issued
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18/548849
METHOD FOR REDUCING THE KERR EFFECT IN AN INTERFEROMETRY MEASURING DEVICE, AND INTERFEROMETRY MEASURING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO IMPLEMENT THIS METHOD Mar 2, 2022 Pending
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18/548842
GENERATOR FOR GENERATING AN ANTI-KERR-EFFECT MODULATED LIGHT SIGNAL, INTERFEROMETRY MEASURING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A GENERATOR, AND METHOD FOR MODULATING A LIGHT SIGNAL Mar 2, 2022 Pending
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17/681148
Single-beam three-degree-of-freedom homodyne laser interferometer based on array detector Feb 24, 2022 Issued
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17/652674
Distributed fiber optic sensing systems and methods Feb 24, 2022 Issued
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