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Michael A. Lyons

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Most Active Art Unit
2877
Art Unit(s)
2877
Total Applications
1691
Issued Applications
1404
Pending Applications
124
Abandoned Applications
181

Applications

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17/676468
Method for calibrating a measuring apparatus Feb 20, 2022 Issued
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17/589265
Method and device for superresolution optical measurement using singular optics Jan 30, 2022 Issued
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17/648355
Method, system, and apparatus for optical measurement Jan 18, 2022 Issued
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17/572353
Polarization-separated, phase-shifted interferometer Jan 9, 2022 Issued
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18/262359
System and method for calculating a droplet delay time, and sorting device Dec 27, 2021 Issued
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18/278616
Analysis device Dec 20, 2021 Issued
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18/265361
Lab-on-a-chip system with functionalized waveguide Dec 16, 2021 Issued
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17/644933
Interferometer and optical instrument with integrated optical components Dec 16, 2021 Issued
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17/554711
Methods and apparatus for decomposition to account for imperfect beamsplitters Dec 16, 2021 Issued
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18/269547
Interferometer system, positioning system, a lithographic apparatus, a jitter determination method, and a device manufacturing method Dec 11, 2021 Issued
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18/697124
METHOD OF MEASURING BENDING OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL CHANNEL Dec 7, 2021 Abandoned
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18/697125
METHOD OF MEASURING BENDING OF AN ELONGATE VERTICALLY ORIENTED CHANNEL Dec 7, 2021 Abandoned
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18/697122
DEVICE FOR MEASURING BENDING OF AN ELONGATE VERTICALLY ORIENTED CHANNEL Dec 7, 2021 Abandoned
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17/542152
Systems and methods for non-destructive evaluation of optical material properties and surfaces Dec 2, 2021 Issued
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17/540500
System and method of phase-locked fiber interferometry Dec 1, 2021 Issued
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17/538926
Interferometer filters with partial compensation structure Nov 29, 2021 Issued
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18/037819
Single frame-tilted wave interferometer Nov 21, 2021 Issued
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17/511132
Optical gyroscope with weak measurement amplification readout Oct 25, 2021 Issued
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18/702301
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TEMPERATURE AND/OR A STRAIN IN AN OPTICAL FIBER Oct 17, 2021 Pending
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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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