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Examiner: Ton, Tri T


Primary examiner statistics: 56 patents; average approval time: N/A
Assistant examiner statistics: 161 patents; average approval time: 166 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8184295 Tablet analysis and measurement system
8184283 Optical defect inspection apparatus
8184288 Method of depositing a silicon-containing material by utilizing a...
8174687 Device and a method for measuring a camber geometrical characteri...
8174698 MEMS tunable silicon fabry-perot cavity and applications thereof
8174690 Apparatus for characterizing a surface structure
8169608 Optical characteristic measurement device and optical characteris...
8169614 Recording apparatus
8169607 Optical characteristic measurement device and optical characteris...
8159670 Method and apparatus for rapidly counting and identifying biologi...
8159669 Space radiation detector with spherical geometry
8154720 Calibration of a spatial light modulator
8154729 Near field detector for integrated surface plasmon resonance bios...
8154726 Optical analysis system and method for real time multivariate opt...
8154719 Mask inspection apparatus
8149413 Surface plasmon resonance sensing device
8149401 System and method for distinguishing particles in a transient flu...
8144329 Low power RF tuning using optical and non-reflected power methods
8144323 Apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium for determ...
8139229 Calibrating jig, profile measuring device, and method of offset c...
8139223 Transmission optical system
8130374 Calibration of a spatial light modulator
8130386 Position measuring method
8130384 Apparatus and method for the representation of an area on the sur...
8130373 Metrology of thin film devices using an addressable micromirror a...
8125628 Light baffling apparatus for headlamp sensor
8125632 Fabrication method of semiconductor integrated circuit device
8125653 Apparatus and method for the determination of the position of a d...
8115925 Polarization switching lidar device and method
8115917 Drying nozzle
8111406 Surface position detecting apparatus, surface position detecting ...
8107081 Micro-cavity gas and vapor sensors and detection methods
8107074 Analytical method for optical measurement
8098375 Light emitting diode illumination system
8094317 Plasmonic router
8094300 In-situ contaminant removal in optical packages
8089630 Spectral near-field optical tomography
8081308 Detecting chemical and biological impurities by nano-structure ba...
8072606 Fiber-optic localized plasmon resonance sensing device and system...
8064072 Method and apparatus for thickness measurement

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8115916 Surface inspecting method and surface inspecting apparatus
8115929 Thread lateral movement sensor
8102542 Method and apparatus for layer thickness measurement
8098378 Energy-efficient operating method for a gas sensor
8089620 Method for measuring optical characteristics of diffraction optic...
8085402 Microscope and an observation method in the microscope
8077316 Chlorine dioxide sensor
8068221 Frictional pivots for gravitational alignment
8045150 Semiconductor wafer inspection method
8045166 Method of particle detection, apparatus therefor, method of formi...
7978332 Optical measurement device
7978323 Surface inspection system with improved capabilities
7961303 Test tape unit for blood tests
7961320 Color management system with system-level communications
7952729 Measuring instrument for determining the actual condition of whee...
7952700 Method of apparatus for detecting particles on a specimen
7948631 Method and apparatus for using multiple relative reflectance meas...
7944554 Inspection head supporting structure in surface inspecting appara...
7940395 Method and apparatus for identifying the chemical composition of ...
7936457 System and method for detecting and analyzing particles utilizing...
7933010 Depth of field extension for optical tomography
7929138 Ambient-atmosphere glow discharge for determination of elemental ...
7924439 Method and system for parameter extraction of a cutting tool
7920267 Micro integrated planar optical waveguide type SPR sensor
7907279 Apparatus and method for determining the particle size and/or par...
7898665 Light emitting diode illumination system
7898674 Apparatus and method for detecting the position of media in a med...
7898651 Methods and apparatus for inspecting an object
7894052 Optical defect inspection apparatus
7894069 Respirator end-of-service life probe
7889357 Method for positioning a target portion of a substrate with respe...
7884940 Distributed measurement spots and reference spots, especially for...
7884951 Apparatus for measuring an internal dimension of a well bore
7884924 Residual stress measuring method and system
7876443 Multipass optical device and process for gas and analyte determin...
7876454 Method and system for measurement of a cutting tool
7872745 Pattern inspection apparatus and pattern inspection method
7872750 Space radiation detector with spherical geometry
7869032 Biosensors with porous dielectric surface for fluorescence enhanc...
7869061 Surface-distortion measuring device and method
 
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