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William A. Luther

Examiner (ID: 4657)

Most Active Art Unit
2731
Art Unit(s)
2614, 2616, 2664, 2731, 2607, 2667
Total Applications
411
Issued Applications
321
Pending Applications
46
Abandoned Applications
44

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/479269
Optical processing structure of optical fiber Sep 19, 2021 Issued
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17/475676
Tunable in-pool waveguide and method Sep 14, 2021 Issued
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17/473694
Nested glass packaging architecture for hybrid electrical and optical communication devices Sep 12, 2021 Issued
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18/577702
Y-branch type phase-change all-optical boolean logic device and all-binary logic implementation method therefor Sep 6, 2021 Issued
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17/390066
Fiber optic splitter module Jul 29, 2021 Issued
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18/016893
Optical connector supporting bidirectional communication Jul 22, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18462362 [patent_doc_number] => 11686648 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-06-27 [patent_title] => Electrical test of optical components via metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor structures [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/443280 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-07-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 7501 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 89 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17443280 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/443280
Electrical test of optical components via metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor structures Jul 22, 2021 Issued
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17/383451
Optical coupler, grating structure and forming method thereof Jul 22, 2021 Issued
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17/924346
Programmable optical chip and terminal Jul 20, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18479445 [patent_doc_number] => 11693180 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-07-04 [patent_title] => Resonant-based photonic intensity modulators integrated with fully etched thin-film lithium niobate waveguides [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/377305 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-07-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 49 [patent_figures_cnt] => 50 [patent_no_of_words] => 27291 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 118 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17377305 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/377305
Resonant-based photonic intensity modulators integrated with fully etched thin-film lithium niobate waveguides Jul 14, 2021 Issued
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17/374261
Reel enclosures Jul 12, 2021 Issued
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17/374241
UNITIZED FIBER OPTIC CABLES Jul 12, 2021 Pending
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17/369253
Edge couplers with metamaterial rib features Jul 6, 2021 Issued
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17/368482
Arrayed waveguide gratings with stabilized performance under varying parameters Jul 5, 2021 Issued
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17/363045
High bandwidth photonic integrated circuit with etalon compensation Jun 29, 2021 Issued
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17/364588
Waveguide and manufacturing method thereof Jun 29, 2021 Issued
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17/907604
Optical fiber cable Jun 27, 2021 Issued
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17/357503
Optical isolator and photonic integrated circuit including the same Jun 23, 2021 Issued
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17/354732
LATERAL WAVEGUIDE PHOTODETECTOR COUPLER Jun 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/331023
Cassette adapter and method of installation May 25, 2021 Issued
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