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Michael A. Lyons

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1691
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1404
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124
Abandoned Applications
181

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17/724225
Non-uniform light-emitting lidar apparatus and autonomous robot including the same Apr 18, 2022 Issued
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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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17/715386
Method for monitoring a laser machining process and laser machining system therefor Apr 6, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18696290 [patent_doc_number] => 20230326726 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-10-12 [patent_title] => OPTICAL SPECTRUM SENSOR WAFER OR ROBOT FOR CHAMBER CONDITION MONITORING [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/715866 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-04-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 6279 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 33 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17715866 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/715866
Optical spectrum sensor wafer or robot for chamber condition monitoring Apr 6, 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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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 Issued
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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 Issued
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18/841753
METHOD FOR MEASURING OPTICAL LENS SURFACES Feb 27, 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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17/679423
Homodyne encoder system with adaptive path length matching Feb 23, 2022 Issued
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17/678978
Optical systems with controlled mirror arrangements Feb 22, 2022 Issued
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18/276948
Optical sensing device for measuring deformation of a sample Feb 20, 2022 Issued
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