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Michael A. Lyons

Examiner (ID: 17057, Phone: (571)272-2420 , Office: P/2877 )

Most Active Art Unit
2877
Art Unit(s)
2877
Total Applications
1672
Issued Applications
1391
Pending Applications
124
Abandoned Applications
179

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/499201
Frequency-domain optical coherence tomography with extended field-of-view and reduction of aliasing artifacts Oct 11, 2021 Issued
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18/041510
LIDAR DEVICE Sep 27, 2021 Pending
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18/027679
Optical alignment compensation system for a gas detection system Sep 26, 2021 Issued
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18/685766
Light intensity distribution pattern measuring device and method Sep 16, 2021 Issued
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17/411231
Laser interferometer Aug 24, 2021 Issued
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17/411255
Test fixture for aligning center of lens Aug 24, 2021 Issued
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17/403960
Holographic microscope Aug 16, 2021 Issued
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17/400862
Surface metrology systems and methods thereof Aug 11, 2021 Issued
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17/391973
Terahertz spectroscopy system and method Aug 1, 2021 Abandoned
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17/390470
Thin films and surface topography measurement using polarization resolved interferometry Jul 29, 2021 Issued
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17/626299
White light interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope based on rhombic optical path difference bias structure Jul 27, 2021 Issued
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17/443626
Method for determining geometrical parameters of a soft contact lens Jul 26, 2021 Issued
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18/023482
Compact dual pass interferometer for a plane mirror interferometer Jul 19, 2021 Issued
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18/580046
System and method for inspecting a fluid Jul 19, 2021 Issued
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17/305901
Diagnosis of disease using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and machine learning Jul 15, 2021 Issued
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17/373298
Ring waveguide based integrated photonics optical gyroscope with gain tuning for enhanced performance Jul 11, 2021 Issued
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17/784929
Geometric tools and methods to measure closure phase for robust feature recognition in interferometric images Jul 8, 2021 Issued
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17/367884
Microresonator-frequency-comb-based platform for clinical high-resolution optical coherence tomography Jul 5, 2021 Issued
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17/366936
Ellipsometer and inspection device for inspecting semiconductor device having the same Jul 1, 2021 Issued
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17/352097
Method and apparatus for determining a position of a ring within a process kit Jun 17, 2021 Issued
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