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Michael S Barca

Examiner (ID: 8228)

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3751
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3751
Total Applications
8
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4
Pending Applications
0
Abandoned Applications
4

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/221837
Constant amplitude coded DFOS using out-of-band signaling Apr 3, 2021 Issued
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17/207120
EFFICIENT REMOTE PHY DATAPLANE MANAGEMENT FOR A CABLE SYSTEM Mar 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/188980
OPTICAL INTERCONNECT FOR SWITCH APPLICATIONS Feb 28, 2021 Abandoned
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17/183538
Loss-based wavelength meter Feb 23, 2021 Issued
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17/907838
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICE PROCESSING IN OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Feb 23, 2021 Pending
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17/180410
DISPERSION COMPENSATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Feb 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/155459
Apparatus comprising serially connected electro-absorption modulators Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/155161
Vehicle with free-space optical link for log data uploading Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/154216
Channelized optical amplifiers and amplifier arrays Jan 20, 2021 Issued
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17/914790
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICE PROCESSING IN OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Dec 27, 2020 Pending
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17/130357
Transmission system, transmission device, and transmission method Dec 21, 2020 Issued
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17/125766
Fast system optimization (FSO) with optimally placed recovery tones Dec 16, 2020 Issued
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17/101894
Gate-based optical data transmission Nov 22, 2020 Issued
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16/950814
C and L band optical communications module link extender, and related systems and methods Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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17/774210
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OPTICAL COMPONENTS Nov 4, 2020 Pending
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17/088463
Multi-pulse generation for pulsed laser diodes using low-side drivers Nov 2, 2020 Issued
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17/082268
Packet processing method and device Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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17/082897
Method for a polarization-state independent complex optical receiver Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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17/065628
Optical transceiver with variable data rate and sensitivity control Oct 7, 2020 Issued
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17/064499
Optical transmission/reception unit and apparatus for signal transfer Oct 5, 2020 Issued
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