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Rufus L. Phillips

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2877
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2877
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432
Issued Applications
236
Pending Applications
55
Abandoned Applications
147

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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19/263942
Airborne-particle detector and detection method Jul 8, 2025 Issued
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18/988759
Multichannel optical switch for in-line spectroscopic compound analysis Dec 18, 2024 Issued
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18/982578
STEM RESPIRATION SYSTEM FOR PLANTS Dec 15, 2024 Pending
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18/980432
CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT FIELD DURING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE ACQUISITION Dec 12, 2024 Pending
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18/971507
Double Beam ThemoReflectance Spectroscopy (DBTRS) for Conductive Area Inspection Dec 5, 2024 Pending
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18/971181
LEAKAGE DETECTION APPARATUS, LEAKAGE DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Dec 5, 2024 Pending
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18/971965
MEASUREMENT DEVICE Dec 5, 2024 Pending
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18/933683
NOISE SUPPRESSION USING SIGNAL STRENGTH RATIO METRIC MODULATED LIGHT Oct 30, 2024 Pending
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18/904521
Slow-light Prism Enhanced Spectroscopy (SLOPES) Oct 1, 2024 Pending
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18/900568
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECTRAL-BASED DISEASE DETECTION Sep 26, 2024 Pending
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18/817025
OPEN-TOP TWO-PHOTON LIGHT SHEET MICROSCOPE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Aug 26, 2024 Pending
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18/808756
LIGHT EXCITATION AND COLLECTION DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR LIGHT EXCITATION AND COLLECTION Aug 18, 2024 Pending
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18/806912
VIA WAIST DEPTH DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THROUGH GLASS VIA (TGV) SUBSTRATE Aug 15, 2024 Pending
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18/850843
CARGO POSE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, HANDLING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Jul 3, 2024 Pending
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18/678728
SENSITIVITY TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD TO CALIBRATE THE DISTRIBUTED OPTIC-FIBER TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM FOR INFLOWS AND INFILTRATIONS IDENTIFICATION IN DRAINAGE PIPELINE May 29, 2024 Pending
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18/642630
SPECTROSCOPIC DETECTION USING A TUNABLE FREQUENCY COMB Apr 21, 2024 Abandoned
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18/596301
Light Detection Systems Having A Secondary Light Scatter Detector And Methods For Using Same Mar 4, 2024 Pending
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18/591411
System and method for analyte detection Feb 28, 2024 Issued
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18/442090
OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SAMPLE HOLDER AND ANALYSIS AT MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS Feb 13, 2024 Abandoned
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18/441476
SUBSTRATE TEST METHOD Feb 13, 2024 Pending
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