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Richard T. Stouffer

Examiner (ID: 18831)

Most Active Art Unit
3301
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3301, 2201, 3106, 3307, 3304, 2902
Total Applications
452
Issued Applications
421
Pending Applications
1
Abandoned Applications
30

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/683226
SURFACE MEASURING DEVICE AND SURFACE MEASURING METHOD Nov 12, 2019 Abandoned
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17/311422
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GROUPING IMAGE PATTERNS TO DETERMINE WAFER BEHAVIOR IN A PATTERNING PROCESS Nov 11, 2019 Pending
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16/676578
Method and apparatus for super-resolution optical metrology Nov 6, 2019 Issued
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16/672233
Integrated reflectometer or ellipsometer Oct 31, 2019 Issued
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16/670953
Digital holography with an internal impactor for particle imaging, classification, and mass density characterization Oct 30, 2019 Issued
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16/661528
Multipass optical spectroscopy cell having a single transmission path Oct 22, 2019 Issued
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17/285481
Method and microscope for determining the refractive index of an optical medium Oct 10, 2019 Issued
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16/599379
Polarizer implemented in a photonic integrated circuit for use in a fiber optic gyroscope Oct 10, 2019 Issued
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17/639396
Workpiece surface defect detection device and detection method, workpiece surface inspection system, and program Oct 1, 2019 Issued
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17/265780
Monitoring System and Method for Biopharmaceutical Products Sep 29, 2019 Abandoned
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17/760831
SPECTRUM MEASUREMENT DEVICE Sep 25, 2019 Abandoned
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16/577850
Extra thick ultraviolet durability coating Sep 19, 2019 Issued
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16/577435
Optical fiber, light tunnel, and lens which provide extended focal depth of at least one anatomical structure at a particular resolution Sep 19, 2019 Issued
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16/555367
COHERENT DETECTION USING BACKPLANE EMISSIONS Aug 28, 2019 Abandoned
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16/548596
Use of the sidebands of a mach-zehnder modulator for a FMCW distance measurement Aug 21, 2019 Issued
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16/547466
Particulate matter velocity measurement and size estimation using parallel self-mixing sensing Aug 20, 2019 Issued
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16/546115
Sideband heterodyne switching for resonator fiber optic gyroscopes (RFOGs) Aug 19, 2019 Issued
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16/543879
Physical parameter estimating method, physical parameter estimating device, and electronic apparatus using sampling theorem in the fractional fourier transform domain Aug 18, 2019 Issued
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16/544889
System and method for defect detection using multi-spot scanning Aug 18, 2019 Issued
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16/542648
Use of frequency offsets in generation of LIDAR data Aug 15, 2019 Issued
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