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Examiner: Martinez, Joseph


Primary examiner statistics: 329 patents; average approval time: 330 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 291 patents; average approval time: 292 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8081393 Optical system
8023202 Imaging lens
8018638 Fabrication of cell cavities for electrooptic devices
8018657 Optical arrangement of autofocus elements for use with immersion ...
8014075 Projection type image display device
8014074 Finder optical system and image pickup apparatus using the same
8009364 Lens for LED lamps
8002406 System and method for manufacturing a lens, such as an ophthalmic...
8000016 Laser irradiation apparatus and manufacturing method of semicondu...
8000038 Image pickup lens, image pickup apparatus and mobile terminal
7999992 Charge conducting medium
7999989 Photochromic film, photochromic lens comprising the same, and met...
7995296 Replacement apparatus for an optical element
7990619 Lens, lens array having same and method for making same
7988287 Objective traumatic brain injury assessment system and method
7988284 Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer
7986466 Varifocal lens
7984987 Eyewear with pinhole aperture and lens
7986461 Device for shaping laser radiation
7986477 Driving device and optical apparatus
7986471 Optical element supporting device, lens barrel, exposure apparatu...
7982963 Liquid-based optical device and electronic device
7982973 Zoom lens, lens barrel and image pickup apparatus
7978390 Optical modulator
7978419 Scan lens for imaging device
7978394 Magnetic spin based photonic/plasmonic devices
7978411 Tetraform microlenses and method of forming the same
7978421 Camera module
7971996 Multi-tint colored ophthalmic lenses for the short-sighted
7974014 Optical system for taking image
7974020 Lens and process for the production thereof
7974022 Lens module and camera module utilizing the same
7974017 Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus
7969657 Imaging systems for eyeglass-based display devices
7969638 Device having thin black mask and method of fabricating the same
7969665 Lens adjusting device of projector
7969660 Materials and methods for producing lenses
7969659 Grin lens microscope system
7965456 Optical component having an improved transient thermal behavior a...
7965455 Image pickup lens and image pickup apparatus

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7477453 Optical system for image transmission, particularly for projectio...
7463400 Electrochromic display device
7443565 Image display apparatus, projector, and polarization compensation...
7417797 Image correction using individual manipulation of microlenses in ...
7411731 Zoom lens and imaging apparatus
7407288 Eye-flow guiding level calculating system, eye-flow guiding level...
7400454 Digital camera imaging lens
7391550 Method and apparatus for optical broadband frequency chirp
7388714 Independent focus compensation for a multi-axis imaging system
7388701 Optical modulator
7388721 Imaging lens
7382537 Optical film having prismatic faces directly formed with micro-le...
7382514 Core-shell particles for electrophoretic display
7382543 fθ lens in laser scanning unit and method of making
7380949 Light modulator device
7377646 Perimeter
7379253 Image pickup apparatus
7375871 Electrochromic glass control device
7372630 Laser, irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and metho...
7369335 Optical pickup actuator
7369328 Optical path change type optical coupling element
7369313 Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus
7364297 Digital documenting ophthalmoscope
7365894 Electrode structure including transparent electrode structure, an...
7354154 Ophthalmic image taking apparatus and ophthalmic image taking met...
7339729 Focusing device and a telescopic tube module thereof
7336424 Glass optical element
7333274 Image taking apparatus equipped with a zoom lens system
7333257 Device for contacting patterned electrodes on porous substrates
7333270 Dual band night vision device
7329003 System, apparatus and method for accommodating opthalmic examinat...
7330315 Light-redirecting optical structures
7327508 Display device using light modulator and having improved numerica...
7327521 Colored light synthesis element and projection device therewith
7324255 Spatial optical modulator
7319564 Objective lens driving apparatus
7319563 Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
7317578 Imager to imager relay lens system
7312914 Electrochromic display device and electrodeposition-type display ...
7312934 Zoom lens and imaging apparatus
 
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