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Examiner: Spector, David N.


Primary examiner statistics: 447 patents; average approval time: 447 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 323 patents; average approval time: 632 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8075136 Apparatus and method of diagnosis of optically identifiable ophth...
8054565 Lens optical system and photoelectric encoder
7463423 Lithography projection objective, and a method for correcting ima...
7463424 Wide converter lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with the ...
7457029 Method and apparatus for manufacturing display medium, and displa...
7457049 High magnification zoom lens
RE40582 Zoom lens system
7457046 Zoom lens system and image-taking apparatus
7457048 High magnification zoom lens system
7457222 Optical element, optical pickup unit, and optical disk drive unit
7457041 Head-mounted display and image adjustment method for the same
7453650 Zoom optical system and electronic imaging apparatus having the s...
7450288 Optical modulation device, optical transmitter, and optical trans...
7446804 Camera system and zoom lens
7446958 Imaging lens unit
7443566 Low power, configurable display for mobile devices
7434947 Adaptive phase mask for producing a phase shift in incident light
7436575 Small thin film movable element, small thin film movable element ...
7433130 Zoom lens and image projection apparatus having same
7427136 Method for diagnosis and treatment of processing difficulties, in...
7423821 Vision system
7423801 Lens with SLM
7421924 Apparatus for raising or tilting a micromechanical structure
7423811 Variable focus optical devices
7420135 Micro electro-mechanical system switch and method of manufacturin...
7420755 Lens driving device
7421185 Optical receiving device, free space optics transmission apparatu...
7417787 Electrophoretic display device
7414770 Contollably dissolving spacing member and associated electrochrom...
7414790 Ultrathin lens arrays for viewing interlaced images with dual len...
7411736 Image detection method and image detecting apparatus
7408720 Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having same
7408714 Method and apparatus for coupling laser beams
7405890 Imaging lens
7405867 Miniature optical modulator module using flexible printed circuit...
7403322 MEMS-based alignment of optical components
7403319 Electrochromic device employing gel or solid polymers having spec...
7399082 Volumetric imaging using “virtual” lenslets
7400461 Lens holder and lens unit
7400457 Rectangular flat-top beam shaper

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
RE39951 Polarization conversion element, polarization illuminator, displa...
6744549 Electrochromic display device
6724545 Image pickup lens and design method thereof
6721085 Optical modulator and design method therefor
6721101 Lens arrays
6714336 Packaged micromirror assembly with in-package mirror position fee...
6621645 Super wide-angle lens and photographing apparatus having the same
6618209 Optical apparatus
6611366 Micromechanical optical switch
6603608 Variable focal length optical element and optical system using th...
6597514 Wide-angle zoom lens
6597491 Micromechanical optical switch
6597523 Label enlarging device
6594087 Zoom lens
6594090 Laser projection display system
6590693 Light modulation
6587281 Zoom image pickup optical system
6587253 Enhance thermal stability through optical segmentation
6587280 Zoom lens and optical device using the same
6587273 Beam splitting device
6583940 Projection system
6580568 Telephoto lens system
6577455 Wide angle projection lens and projection display device
6577389 System and methods for inspection of transparent mask substrates
6567218 Array lens, lighting optical system, optical unit and imaging app...
6567223 Molded lens element having a two-dimensional reference molded the...
6563654 External pupil lens system
6560037 Image pickup lens system
6552793 Determination of the quality of a gas
6548820 Optical synthetic aperture array
6549340 Focusing device comprising a Luneberg lens including a homogeneou...
6545812 Array lens, lighting optical system, optical unit and imaging app...
6545822 Protective helmet with an improved rear-view optical system
6542280 Return-to-zero optical modulator with configurable pulse width
6538819 Laser optical apparatus
6538800 Reflective spatial light modulator with deflectable elements form...
6538825 Zoom lens
6535325 Frequency tunable resonant scanner with auxiliary arms
6535339 Image pickup system
6532115 High throughput optical switching system, device and method
 
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