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Examiner: Ngo, John


Primary examiner statistics: 364 patents; average approval time: 644 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 557 patents; average approval time: 562 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5982971 Floating fiber storage assembly
5926588 Optical switch
5905831 Passive alignment frame using monocrystalline material
5903696 Multimode optical waveguides, waveguide components and sensors
5894537 Dispersion managed optical waveguide
5892875 Filtering connection to optical light cable
5867621 Adapter and guide pin assembly for coupling of fiber optic connec...
5859939 Method and system for equalizing PMD using incremental delay swit...
5850494 Fiber sequence and clarification aiding device
5845022 Double-chirped waveguide grating router with angled ports
5841919 Optical wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer
5838849 Optical component wherein either an optical field distribution of...
5838851 Optical-loop signal processing using reflection mechanisms
5838853 Optical waveguide
5838848 N×N wavelength router, optical routing method and associated ...
5835646 Active optical circuit sheet or active optical circuit board, act...
5835659 Optical fiber-fixing substrate, method of producing the same and ...
5835660 Optical fibre clamping device
5835652 Optical fiber cable connector
5832165 Composite waveguide for solid phase binding assays
5832153 Method and system for reducing unwanted effects of back reflectio...
5832150 Side injection fiber optic coupler
5832155 Combination splitting device composed of strip waveguides and use...
5828801 Light signal switching device and optical communication system
5825955 Fiber optic diversion connector
5825962 Optical fiber splice housing
5825950 Optical isolator
5822484 Lightweight optical groundwire
5822472 Process for detecting evanescently excited luminescence
5822473 Integrated microchip chemical sensor
5822482 Fiber optic coupler package with strain relief and packaging meth...
5818986 Angular Bragg reflection planar channel waveguide wavelength ...
5818990 Encapsulation of optoelectronic components
5818991 Optical coupling arrangement composed of a pair of strip-type opt...
5818998 Components for fiber-optic matrix display systems
5815625 Glass and fiber optic plate using the same
5815614 1 X N electromechanical optical switch
5812728 Terminus adapter for fiber optic cables
5812712 Fiber bragg grating-circulator systems having reduced ASE
5812718 Method for connecting optical fibers and the interconnection

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5542017 Light scattering light guide and applied optical apparatuses
5524160 Engaging fiber-optic plug connector, in particular overmolded mon...
5506920 Optical wavelength tunable filter
5504829 Optical fiber for soliton transmission and method of making
5497440 Laser beam waveguide and laser beam delivery system including sam...
5487124 Bidirectional wavelength division multiplex transceiver module
5485537 Single core optical fiber connector
5485540 Optical waveguide device bonded through direct bonding and a meth...
5483607 Two-mode remote fiber optic sensor
5483628 Transparent glass-ceramics
5481631 Optical switching apparatus with retroreflector
5479542 All-fiber in line optical isolator
5479549 Coupling structure between a semiconductor laser and an optical f...
5479541 1×N electromechanical optical switch
5475781 Optical fiber connector assembly with loop-back structure
5473711 Dielectric optical waveguide device
5469519 Optical waveguide image transmission system and method
5469523 Composite fiber optic and electrical cable and associated fabrica...
5465313 Optical fiber connector and method of fabricating same
5465312 Integrated optical fibre and substrate supported optical waveguid...
5463705 Optical waveguide isolation
5463710 Laser - optical fiber tuning and control system
5463712 Fiberoptic casing for endoscopes and method of making
5459800 Optical modulation device and method of driving the same
5459803 Quartz-based optical fiber with a lens and its manufacturing meth...
5457756 Fiber-optic depolarizer
5452392 Fiber optic, coupling apparatus having means for preventing therm...
5452390 Detachable fiber optic connector
5450517 Re-enterable fiber optic splicer for data communications
5450515 Detachable fiber optic connector
5450513 Silane-treated optical components
5450516 Hollow fiber bundle and a method and device for its manufacture
5450511 Efficient reflective multiplexer arrangement
5450507 Fiber-optic address detector in photonic packet switching device ...
5448674 Article comprising a dispersion-compensating optical waveguide
5446817 Formed alignment sleeve for fiber optic termini
5446816 Optical fiber having a lens formed at an end thereof
5446815 Optical collimator array including a spacer for receving a microl...
5446811 Thermally actuated optical fiber switch
5444805 Integrated optical component
 
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