Optics: measuring and testing inventions 06/09

20090161090 - Systems and methods for measuring the shape and location of an object: A system for determining the shape of an object and/or a distance of the object from the system includes a first plurality of light source, a second plurality of light sources, and a detector or detector array. The first plurality of light sources are disposed about a central axis and... Agent: Abbott Medical Optics, Inc.

20090161091 - Distance measuring system and projector: A projector includes a light source unit, a light source-side optical system for guiding light from the light source unit to a display device, the display device, a projection-side optical system for projecting an image emitted from the display device on to a screen, and a distance measuring system 1... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090161092 - Multidimensional spectrometer: A multidimensional spectrometer for the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, and a method for making multidimensional spectroscopic measurements in the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The multidimensional spectrometer facilitates measurements of inter- and intra-molecular interactions.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090161093 - Systems and methods for lithographic illuminator beam deviation measurement and calibration using grating sensors: Angular deviation of illumination beam is measured with high accuracy for an expanded continuous range of angles using grating sensors that are configured to exhibit Surface Plasmon Resonance effects at actinic wavelengths. The beam deviation measurement systems and procedures are applicable to both mask-based and maskless lithography tools. A control... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090161095 - Defect inspection system: When a plurality of detectors such as an upright detector and an oblique detector are used in the defect inspection system, the reduction of the inspection sensitivity can be prevented by correcting the field positions of the other remaining detectors with respect to the field of view of the one... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090161096 - Simultaneous multi-spot inspection and imaging: A compact and versatile multi-spot inspection imaging system employs an objective for focusing an array of radiation beams to a surface and a second reflective or refractive objective having a large numerical aperture for collecting scattered radiation from the array of illuminated spots. The scattered radiation from each illuminated spot... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Kla-tencor Corporation

20090161094 - Wafer bevel inspection mechanism: An imaging sensor for capturing images of the beveled surface of a wafer edge is herein disclosed. The imaging sensor is aligned with the edge of a wafer to maximize the area of the bevel that is encompassed by the depth of view of the imaging sensor. One or more... Agent: Dicke Billig & Czaja, PLLC Attn: Christopher Mclaughlin

20090161097 - Method for optical inspection, detection and visualization of defects on disk-shaped objects: A method for optical inspection, detection and visualization of defects (9) on wafers (2) is disclosed, wherein at least one camera (5) acquires images of at least one portion (11) of the wafer (2) relative to a reference point (12) of the wafer (2), and the Cartesian coordinates of the... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090161098 - Photomask mounting/housing device and resist inspection method and resist inspection apparatus using same: A resist inspection apparatus is provided which has a configuration in which a reticle is separated from a pellicle. A reticle cassette is made up of two pieces of plate members. A hollowed portion with a shape allowing the reticle to be inserted into the plate member. Another hollowed portion... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090161099 - Bubble removal system: A bubble removal system includes an inspection cell configured to receive an ophthalmic device and a volume of working fluid. The system also includes a vacuum device configured to form a substantially fluid-tight seal with the inspection cell and to direct a negative pressure to the volume of working fluid... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20090161100 - Fiber optic interrogated microslide, microslide kits and uses thereof: The present invention provides a substrate that overcomes the performance limitations of conventional microscope slides, microarrays, or microtiter plates when optically interrogated through the thickness of the substrate. With conventional microscope slides, image quality and resolution are degraded as a result of distortions introduced by imaging through the thickness of... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090161101 - Method and apparatus for determining change in an attribute of a sample during nucleation, aggregation, or chemical interaction: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatus to produce a streaming image of a sample during a time period when an attribute of the sample is changing. The streaming image can be viewed in such a manner so as to be able to follow a visible change in an attribute... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - Dc

20090161102 - Automated systems and assemblies for use in evaluating agricultural products and methods therefor: Methods and assemblies are provided for evaluating plants for presence of pests. Methods may include separating pests from a plant to produce a sample of pests for analysis, illuminating the sample to produce emitted light from the sample, and comparing the emitted light from the sample to a model to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090161103 - Optical system and method for inspecting fluorescently labeled biological specimens: A system for imaging a fluorescently labeled sample is presented, The system comprises a capsule, which is a closable structure made of a material isolating the inside of the capsule from its surrounding environment, and which has a support stage for receiving the sample and carrying it thereinside during the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090161104 - Plasmon resonant particles, methods and apparatus: A method and apparatus for interrogating a target having a plurality of plasmon resonant particles (PREs) distributed in the target are disclosed. In the method, a field containing the target is illuminated, and one or more spectral emission characteristics of the light-scattering particles in the field are detected. From this... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090161105 - Method for ascertaining and monitoring fill level of a medium in a container using the travel-time method: A method for ascertaining and monitoring the fill level of a medium in a container according to the travel-time measuring method, wherein, via a first coupling element of an antenna, high-frequency transmission signals are transmitted with a predetermined polarization plane (11) of the electric field, wherein the polarization plane of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090161106 - Wafer lens aligning method and wafer lens manufactured by the same: Provided is a wafer lens aligning method including the steps of: preparing a lens mold that has a lens forming portion formed in the central portion thereof and a groove formed around the lens forming portion; preparing a wafer that has two or more position recognition patterns formed at arbitrary... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090161107 - Device for examining a fluid by uniform illumination using a configured light guide: An optical device for examining a fluid including a measuring space including a compulsory passage for the fluid to be examined, at least one source delivering a selected light to an optical illuminator serving to collect at least part of the light having traversed the compulsory passage and to deliver... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090161108 - Measurement chip: The present invention concerns a measurement chip (1) for carrying out measurements of transmission and/or emission and/or scattering of light by a fluid sample in an operator unit, wherein the measurement chip has a base plate (2) produced from a transparent polymer material, provided in the base plate (2) are... Agent: Michael L. Dunn

20090161110 - Method for improving surface plasmon resonance by using conducting metal oxide as adhesive layer: Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing technique which provides high specificity and accuracy has been an important method for molecular sensing technology. In the past, in order to affix 45 nm gold film onto glass or silicon substrate, several nanometers of chromium (Cr) or titanium (Ti) has been used as adhesive... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090161109 - Optical sensor for detecting moisture on a window of a motor vehicle: In order also to allow the detection, for example, of condensation of the inner side of an interface (window) using motor-vehicle rain sensors that exploit the interference, at a window wetted with moisture, with total reflection of light irradiated by a transmitter, several sensors are proposed that are sufficiently variable... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090161111 - calibration method for compensating for non-uniformity errors in sensors measuring specular reflection: This invention relates to a method for the calibration of linear array photo sensors operating in a specular reflection mode. Errors may be introduced when a highly diffused image is measured by the linear array photosensor that was calibrated in a specular mode. These errors result in artifacts such as... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20090161112 - Method and power-assisted optic-fiber measuring device and gyro: The invention relates to a method and an optical-fibre measuring device including a light source with a light power P, a Sagnac ring interferometer in which propagate two counter-propagating waves, a detector receiving a light flux from the interferometer and converting it into an electrical signal representing the total phase... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090161113 - Integrated optoelectronic system for automatic calibration of an optical device: An apparatus and method for automated calibration of an optical device are disclosed. The apparatus is an integrated optoelectronic system that includes input and output optical waveguides, a tunable optical device, an optical source, an optical detector, and an electronic controller formed on a single substrate. The tunable optical device... Agent: Wall & Tong, LLP/ Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc.

20090161114 - Refractive-index measurement system and method for measuring refractive-index: A refractive-index measurement system includes a light source, a first beam splitter, a first reflective mirror, a second reflective mirror, a second beam splitter, a container, a first polarizer, and a second polarizer. The first beam splitter splits light emitted from the light source into first and second light beams.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090161115 - Wavefront sensor: In a wavefront sensor, an optical wavefront to be measured that has entered an entrance pupil P is split into a first optical path L1 and a second optical path L2 by a semi-transparent mirror 3. A wavefront W1 traveling in the first optical path L1 is transmitted through a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090161118 - Dynamic image recording system with imaging sensors and method: In a measuring system comprising an optical image recording system and a relative movement between the measured object and the image recording system, it is provided that the focal point (F) of the image recording system (3) be allowed to oscillate in scanning direction in order to generate—by superimposition of... Agent: Ronald S. Lombard Patents And Trademarks

20090161117 - Inclined exposure lithography system: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for scatterfield microscopical measurement. The method integrates a scatterometer and a bright-field microscope for enabling the measurement precision to be better than the optical diffraction limit. With the aforesaid method and apparatus, a detection beam is generated by performing a process on a... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090161116 - Laser measurement device and laser measurement method: To provide measurement data on a real time basis from a laser measurement device mounted on an air vehicle to a ground station. The laser measurement unit sequentially outputs laser measurement data during a measurement period in which the air vehicle flies along a straight line flight fairway (32). The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090161119 - Mixing apparatus and distance measuring apparatus using same: For the purpose of mixing laser light (P0) from a laser light source (18), the laser light (P0) is made incident on a first end surface of an optical fiber (24), and is emitted from a second end surface of the optical fiber (24). Subsequently, laser light (P1) emitted from... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090161120 - Hand position detecting device and method: A hand position detecting device stops optical detection of the respective rotational positions of seconds, center and hour hands when such detection is impossible. When it is determined that the respective positions of the hands have not been detected successively a predetermined number of times, the detection of the hand... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090161121 - Position-measuring device and method for determining absolute position: A position-measuring device includes a code and a scanning unit. The code includes a sequence of code elements arranged one after the other in a measuring direction, at least two successive code elements in each case forming one code word having position information. The scanning unit includes a lighting unit... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090161122 - Targeted artifacts and methods for evaluating 3-d coordinate system measurement accuracy of optical 3-d measuring systems using such targeted artifacts: A method for evaluating three-dimensional (3-D) coordinate system measurement accuracy of an optical 3-D measuring system using targeted artifacts is provided. In this regard, an exemplary embodiment of a method for evaluating 3-D coordinate system measurement accuracy using targeted artifacts comprises: taking a series of measurements from different positions and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090161123 - Method and system for measuring patterned structures: A method and system are presented for determining a line profile in a patterned structure, aimed at controlling a process of manufacture of the structure. The patterned structure comprises a plurality of different layers, the pattern in the structure being formed by patterned regions and un-patterned regions. At least first... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090153834 - Laser distance meter: An electro-optic laser distance meter (1, 1′) has a hand-held housing (2), an electric radiation source (3) for generating a bundled light beam (4), and receiving optics (5) with a photoreceiver (7) for receiving parts of the light beam (4) that is backscattered in a reception beam bundle (9) from... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090153835 - Systems and methods for the evaluation of scintillation in gemstones: Systems and methods, for the evaluation, grading, and presentation of evaluation results, of the scintillation of gemstones, such as diamonds. Specifically, there are discussed systems and methods for determining when a scintillation event in a gemstone is likely to occur and for mapping such events to a presentation.... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20090153836 - Enumeration of thrombocytes: A sample acquiring device for volumetric enumeration of thrombocytes in a blood sample is provided which comprises a measurement cavity for receiving a blood sample. The measurement cavity has a predetermined fixed thickness. The sample acquiring device further comprises a reagent, which is arranged in a dried form on a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090153837 - Optical power monitor based on thermo-chromic material: This invention relates to an optical power monitor based on thermo-chromic material. The incident light produces a temperature change in the thermo-chromic material, causing a change in its color which is utilized to monitor the power level of the incident light.... Agent: Frank F. Tian

20090153838 - Conveyor system: A conveyor system comprises means for conveying a sample at a controlled velocity between functions of a production line and through an interrogation zone, means for generating at least one beam of electromagnetic radiation of a terahertz frequency and directing the beam through the interrogation zone, means for detecting the... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20090153840 - Method and apparatus for inspecting pattern defects: An apparatus and method for inspecting defects includes an illuminator for irradiating light having an ultraviolet wavelength emitted from a light source onto a specimen through a reflection objective lens, an image-former for forming an image of light reflected from the specimen by the illumination of the light from the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090153839 - Partial coherence interferometer with measurement ambiguity resolution: A partial coherence interferometer incorporates a focusing system for resolving measurement ambiguities. A focus-sensing beam is directed through a common objective with the measurement beam of the interferometer for conveying the beams to and from a test surface. An unambiguous measuring range is equated to a predetermined range of focusing... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

20090153841 - Optical scanning device: An optical identifier (1) can be used as a Physical Unclonable Function for producing a speckle pattern, as a response, upon being challenged with a light beam, as a challenge. This property can be used for identification of the optical identifier or of an object attached thereto, for the authentication... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090153842 - Optical measurement system with systematic error correction: An optical measurement system and wafer processing tool for correcting systematic errors in which a first diffraction spectrum is measured from a standard substrate including a layer having a known refractive index and a known extinction coefficient by exposing the standard substrate to a spectrum of electromagnetic energy. A tool-perfect... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090153844 - Mems tunable silicon fabry-perot cavity and applications thereof: A method for fabricating a tunable Fabry-Perot cavity comprises etching a substrate to form two reflectors separated by an air gap and an electrostatic mechanism. One of the two reflectors is mobile and connected to the electrostatic mechanism. Therefore, operation of the electrostatic mechanism moves the mobile reflector to change... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090153843 - Refractive-index sensor: An exemplary refractive-index sensor includes a photonic crystal microcavity structure, a light source, and a detector. The photonic crystal microcavity structure includes a photonic crystal layer having first holes and a second hole defined therein. The first holes are arranged in a regular pattern of staggered parallel rows. The second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090153845 - Fiber optic refractometer: A downhole refractometer apparatus and method include a light source, an optical fiber that receives light emitted from the light source and a fluid cell that receives a downhole fluid. A metalloid interface member is disposed to provide an interface with the downhole fluid in the fluid cell, and a... Agent: Edmonds, P.C.

20090153846 - Fluid level indicator: Fluid level detector device and method are disclosed, for determining the height level of one or more immiscible fluids in a vessel. The device includes at least one optical set-up including a light source for generating a beam of light of predetermined width and optical characteristics, the light beam arranged... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090153847 - Verification of tow cut for automatic fiber placement: The operation of tow cutters in an automatic fiber placement machine are monitored to determine if inconsistencies in fiber placement are related to cutter operation. A machine vision system detects inconsistencies in tow placement, and timing signals are generated that represent the actuation of the cutters. The timing signals are... Agent: Tung & Associates

20090153848 - Apparatus of inspecting defect in semiconductor and method of the same: When size of a defect on an increasingly miniaturized pattern is obtained by defect inspection apparatus in the related art, a value is inconveniently given, which is different from a measured value of the same defect by SEM. Thus, a dimension value of a defect detected by defect inspection apparatus... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090153849 - Plate inspection system and plate inspection method: A plate inspection system and a plate inspection method with which irregularities in phase difference caused in a retardation layer can be efficiently detected. The inspection system is for inspecting a plate to be inspected having a retardation layer 3. The plate inspection system comprises a polarized-light source for irradiating... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090153850 - Optical fluorescence tomography calibration: The invention relates to a device for imaging an interior of a turbid medium and a medical image acquisition device comprising: a) a measurement volume (15) for accommodating the turbid medium (45); b) a light source (5) for irradiating the turbid medium (45); c) a photodetector unit 10 for detecting... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090153851 - Cuvette and method for using the cuvette: A cuvette with at least one sealing element and two transparent elements is provided where the latter are arranged at a distance from one another and define two opposing boundary faces of a sample channel and the sealing element defines side walls of the sample channel as a result of... Agent: Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc.

20090153853 - Fiber optic spectroscopic digital imaging sensor and method for flame properties monitoring: A system for real-time monitoring of flame properties in combustors and gasifiers which includes an imaging fiber optic bundle having a light receiving end and a light output end and a spectroscopic imaging system operably connected with the light output end of the imaging fiber optic bundle. Focusing of the... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20090153852 - Optical fiber for spectroscopic analysis system: The present invention provides an optical fiber for connecting a probe head and a base station of a spectroscopic analysis system for analyzing the molecular composition of a volume of interest. The optical fiber comprises a core for transmission of excitation radiation from the base station to the probe head... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090153854 - Method and apparatus for spectroscopic analysis: A method and apparatus for obtaining the gas-phase electromagnetic radiation spectrum of a liquid sample, which apparatus comprises an analysis chamber having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet and analysis chamber are adapted such that, in use, liquid sample is drawn into the inlet through capillary action and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090153855 - Spectrophotometer: When the apparatus is energized or a validation check is performed, a deuterium lamp 10 is turned on, and an output value resulting from an A/D conversion of the detection signal for light with a wavelength of 235 nm is obtained. A data processor 22 compares the output value with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090153856 - Close proximity scanning surface contamination analyzer: Reducing chemical contaminants is increasingly important for maintaining competitive production costs during fabrication of electronic devices. There is currently no production floor capability for mapping chemical contaminants across an electronic device substrate on a routine basis. A scanning surface chemical analyzer for mapping the distributions of a variety of chemicals... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090153857 - Particle detector: A particle detector which can detect smaller particles by increasing the pulse width of the particle signal output from a photoelectric transducer element, includes a particle monitoring region formed by irradiating sample fluid with laser light, and light scattered from particles passing through the particle monitoring region is received by... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090153858 - Method and apparatus for colour imaging a three-dimensional structure: A device for determining the surface topology and associated color of a structure, such as a teeth segment, includes a scanner for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means for providing color data for each of the... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090153859 - Polishing end point detection method, polishing end point detection apparatus and polishing apparatus: A polishing end point detection method is to detect a polishing end point of a workpiece having a multilayer structure. The method is performed by emitting a first light and a second light to a surface of the workpiece at a first angle of incidence and a second angle of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090153860 - Optical comparator using light- emitting diode light sources: The invention provides a source of illumination comprising a base having mounted thereon at least one light-emitting diode light source, a parabolic reflector mounted on the base and surrounding the at least one light-emitting diode, and a transmissive diffuser at the narrow end of the parabolic reflector.... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

20090153861 - Alignment method, alignment system, and product with alignment mark: The position of a product is measured using an alignment mark on the product. Radiation is transmitted towards the alignment mark and diffracted by a pattern in the alignment mark. Position information is determined from phase relations of the diffracted radiation. The alignment mark comprises a set of mutually parallel... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090153862 - Test object used for projecting a set of marks to infinity: e

20090153863 - Method of evaluating sensitivity grade of interior material used in vehicles: A method of evaluating the sensitivity grade of an interior material used in vehicles comprises: evaluating sensitivity properties of an interior material before providing noise factors; evaluating sensitivity properties of the interior material after providing noise factors; averaging each of the sensitivity properties evaluated before the provision of noise factors... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090153864 - Gas sensing apparatus and method of sensing gas using the same: Provided are a gas sensing apparatus and a gas sensing method using the apparatus. The gas sensing apparatus includes a detection chamber, a light source, a light sensor, a gas source, and a controller. The light source is disposed at one end of the detection chamber, and a light sensor... Agent: Ampacc Law Group

20090153865 - Analysis system: Analysis system including a central control section for generally controlling the analysis that sends a command to perform a pre-injection operation, to an automatic sampler together with information designating a sample to be selected, such as an identification number, and simultaneously sends a command to perform an operation of measuring... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090153869 - Biosensor: The present invention provides a biosensor for detecting the interaction of substances on a substrate based on surface plasmon resonance, the substrate having a metal film including approximately 90% by mol or more and less than approximately 99.95% by mol of Ag as a first metal element, and approximately 0.05%... Agent: Moss & Burke, PLLC

20090153868 - Device for detecting the edges of a workpiece, and a laser beam processing machine: A device for detecting the edges of a workpiece held on the chuck table of a processing machine, having a beam oscillation means for oscillating a detection beam, an objective lens for focusing the detection beam oscillated from the beam oscillation means, and a reflected light detection means for detecting... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090153867 - Flow cell and system for detection of target in aqueous environment using arrayed imaging reflectometry: A flow cell for use in an arrayed imaging reflectometry detection system is described herein. The flow cell includes: first and second members that are secured together to define a substantially fluid-tight chamber having an inlet and an outlet, at least the second member being light transmissive; and a chip... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20090153866 - Substrate of target substance detection element to be used in apparatus for detecting target substance by utilizing surface plasmon resonance and detection element and detection apparatus: A substrate of a target substance detection element to be used for a detection apparatus for detecting a target substance, utilizing surface plasmon resonance, comprises a base and a metal structure arranged on the surface of the base in a localized manner or a metal film having an aperture and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090153870 - Optimized transmissive reference level generation: A method, apparatus and system for optimizing the magnitude of reference levels in non-invasive imaging and analysis is disclosed. Optimizing the magnitude of reference levels enables improving signal to noise ratios and thereby improving the sensitivity and performance of the imaging and analysis system. The invention includes dynamically modifying the... Agent: Josh Hogan

20090153871 - Combination lightwave antenna and spectral analyzer and methods: This invention takes advantage of the wave properties of light, using tiny components dimensioned to the relevant wavelengths of light. Recent developments in nano-technology permit construction of wave-based detectors, instead of photon-counting receivers. These wave detectors can operate in the electromagnetic spectral range, including submillimeter, infrared, visible, ultraviolet and X-ray... Agent: Eric Rosenthal

20090153872 - Chirped coherent laser radar system and method: A laser radar system using collocated laser beams to unambiguously detects a range of a target and a range rate at which the target is moving relative to the laser radar system. Another aspect of various embodiments of the invention may relate to a laser radar system that uses multiple... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090153873 - Optical image measuring apparatus: Provided is an optical image measuring apparatus capable of obtaining a high-accuracy image without being influenced by a movement of an object to be measured. Flash light is emitted from a xenon lamp (2) and converted into broad band light by an optical filter (2A). A polarization characteristic of the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090153874 - En-face oct with parallel detector array: In an OCT apparatus, an object light beam is returned from a target and interferes with a reference light beam. Image information is obtained from a depth Z in the target that depends on the optical path difference between the object and reference beams with a resolution that depends on... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20090153875 - Coordinate measuring machine with temperature adapting station: The invention relates to a coordinate measuring machine (1) and a method for adapting the temperature of substrates. The coordinate measuring machine (1) includes at least one measurement table (20) movable in the X-coordinate direction and in the Y-coordinate direction, a measurement objective (9) and a camera (10) for determining... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20090153876 - Optical image measurement device: An optical image measurement device comprises: a light source configured to output a light having low temporal coherence and low spatial coherence; an optical system configured to split the light into a signal light and a reference light and superimpose the signal light having passed through a measured object and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090153878 - Laser scanning microscope apparatus, and surface shape measuring method thereof: A laser scanning microscope apparatus comprising, a controlling unit for obtaining height information at each scanning point of a sample to be examined by obtaining a relative distance that maximizes an intensity output from a photo-detecting unit, which is obtained when the sample to be examined is scanned with a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, P.C.

20090153877 - Optical measurement of metallic surfaces: A method for optically measuring a surface is described, in particular, for a surface having a spherical form and a high reflection of radiation. The surface is illuminated by at least one radiation source, as well as by at least one structured light source, in order to produce an illumination... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090153879 - Method and apparatus for imaging three-dimensional structure: An apparatus for determining surface topology of a portion (26) of a three-dimensional structure is provided, that includes a probing member, an illumination unit, a light focusing optics, a translation mechanism, a detector and a processor.... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090153881 - Method and apparatus for measuring 3-dimensional position and orientation of reflective mirror package: Provided are a method and an apparatus for measuring a 3-dimensional (3D) position and an orientation of an object. The apparatus includes: a height measurement unit including a first light source and a first image sensor receiving light that is emitted from the first light source to the object and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090153880 - Optical system for detecting motion of a body: The invention relates to a system (1) for detecting motion of a body (2), said body comprising a first diffraction pattern (3A) and a second diffraction pattern (3B) with a predetermined orientation relative to said first diffraction pattern. The system comprises optical means (4A, 4B) adapted to provide at least... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090153882 - Measuring dimensional parameters of structures: Dimensional parameters of structures on a substrate are measured by providing a substrate with a structured surface. The structured surface includes a number of juxtaposed structural elements. A radiation source is configured to emit a beam of radiation having a wavelength in the infrared range. The substrate is illuminated with... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20090153883 - Laminar flow width detecting method, laminar flow width control method, laminar flow control system, and flow cytometer: The present invention provides a method for detecting the widths of a plurality of laminar layers formed in a channel includes performing at least the steps of: detecting optical information generated from a reference substance contained in a laminar flow; and calculating the width of the laminar flow, based on... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090147238 - Integrated multi-sensor survailance and tracking system: A sensor system for remote object detection, tracking, characterization, and discrimination can have a plurality of sensors. A shared optical train that can facilitate blending of information from the sensors, so as to provide a single view for the plurality of sensors. Small and/or dim objects can be more readily... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090147239 - Apparatus and method for tracking an object: An apparatus for tracking an object or measuring the range of an object comprises a beam generator for generating first and second beams of energy and projecting the first and second beams towards a target surface whose distance from the apparatus is to be measured, a receiver for receiving energy... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090147240 - Method and system for eye safety in optical sensor systems: One embodiment of the application provides a method and system for measuring a range to a target using a ranging system by measuring the time of flight of a ranging signal to and from the target, the first ranging signal having an energy sufficient to locate the target and detecting... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090147241 - Method for evaluation of a gemstone: e

20090147243 - Miniaturized system and method for measuring optical characteristics: A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090147242 - System and method for the coincident deposition, detection and identification of threat agents: A system and method for depositing a sample of a threat agent is deposited onto a substrate. The threat agent is identified substantially coincident in time with the depositing of the sample of the threat agent onto the substrate.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090147244 - Method and apparatus for measuring the birefringence autocorrelation length in optical fibers: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining the birefringence autocorrelation length of a fiber in a non-destructive manner. The PMD of an optical fiber is measured over a first optical spectrum. A Faraday rotation angle is measured over a second optical spectrum. The birefringence autocorrelation length is determined from... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Ws Attn: Patent Docketing

20090147245 - System and method for measuring optical resolution of lens: A system for measuring optical resolution of a lens, is provided. The system includes a chart, an image sensor, a lens tray, and a processor. The chart has a frame pattern and a number of line pair patterns arranged in the frame pattern. The image sensor is center-aligned with the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090147249 - Belt inspecting apparatus: A belt inspecting apparatus applies illuminating light beams (R G. B) through light guides to a flat inner portion, a flat outer portion, flat side portions, and curved portions of a metal belt. The illuminating light beams, which are reflected by the metal belt, are guided through the light guides... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090147247 - Defect detecting apparatus and defect detecting method: A defect inspecting apparatus inspects defects of a sample having a pattern formed on the surface. The defect inspecting apparatus is provided with a stage which has a sample placed thereon and linearly moves and turns; a light source; an illuminating optical system, which selects a discretionary wavelength region from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090147248 - Macro inspection apparatus and microscopic inspection method: The invention provides a macro inspection apparatus including: a stage on which an inspection object is placed; a light source that irradiates light on an upper surface of the inspection object from an angular direction arbitrarily selected relative to the upper surface of the inspection object; and a line sensor... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090147246 - Optical defect inspection apparatus: A laser beam oscillated from a laser source is folded in its path by first and second plane mirrors and enters a beam expander. The surface of each plane mirror is deteriorated with illumination by the laser beam and the reflectance is reduced. To avoid a light quantity of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090147250 - Semiconductor wafer surface inspection apparatus: The present invention provides an apparatus for inspecting the surface of a semiconductor wafer having a mirror surface and a chamfered outer circumferential portion by holding the outer circumferential portion of the semiconductor wafer, keeping the semiconductor held in the vertical direction and moving an inspection microscope lens toward the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090147251 - Endoscope apparatus: An endoscope apparatus according to the present invention includes an apparatus main body having a protector which is provided so as to project from the outer surface of a box-shaped housing, and an endoscope unit including a connector portion detachably attached to the housing, thereby reducing a shock applied to... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090147252 - Fluorescence observation or fluorescence metering-system and fluorescence observation or fluorescence metering-method: A fluorescence observation or fluorescence metering-system includes a low-fluorescence specimen holding member used therein. The low-fluorescence specimen holding member satisfies a condition, BSG′/BSG≦0.6, where BSG′ is an average intensity value of auto-fluorescence from the low-fluorescence specimen holding member and BSG is an average intensity value of auto-fluorescence from a conventional... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090147253 - Microfluidic chip apparatuses, systems and methods having fluidic and fiber optic interconnections: Microfluidic Chip Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods having Fluidic and Fiber Optic Interconnections. According to one embodiment, apparatuses and methods are provided for connecting a light-guiding conduit to a microfluidic channel. First and second substrates with first surfaces can be provided, wherein the first surfaces of the first and second substrates... Agent: Eksigent Technologies, LLC C/o Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson

20090147254 - Integrated quartz biological sensor and method: A sensor integrates a quartz nanoresonator for mass detection and SERS for optical detection in a same cavity on a chip for redundancy in the detection of a species.... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090147256 - Laser scanning microscope: To provide a laser scanning microscope capable of enhancing the degree of freedom of observation while keeping its structure simple. Accordingly, a laser scanning microscope includes a light source, a spectroscopic unit guiding light from the light source to a specimen and guiding the light from the specimen to a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090147255 - Method for testing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device testing system: A method for testing a semiconductor device includes irradiating a transistor within the semiconductor device with a light beam, where the irradiating the transistor induces a current within the transistor, and, in response to the irradiating, detecting photon emission from the transistor. A semiconductor device testing system includes a light... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20090147257 - Low-loss polarized light diversion: An optical sensor that provides lateral viewing while maintaining light polarization is disclosed according to one embodiment of the invention. The sensor includes a sensor body, at least one waveguide and at least one refractive optical element. The sensor body may includes proximal end and a distal end. The waveguide... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090147258 - Light amount detector, misalignment amount detector, and image density detector: A light amount detector includes a light emitter, a light receiver, and a light amount detection unit. The light emitter emits light on a detection pattern formed on a detection surface of an image carrier. The light receiver detects diffused light reflected from the detection pattern. The light amount detection... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090147259 - Method of aligning a substrate: In a method of aligning a substrate, a first alignment mark in a single shot region on the substrate may be identified. A second alignment mark in the single shot region may be selectively identified in accordance with the identification of the first alignment mark. The substrate may then be... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090147260 - Method and apparatus for determining quality of fruit and vegetable products: The apparatus, which can be portable, comprises: a radiating light source with at least a wavelength of 670 nm±50 nm; a sensor suitable for collecting part of the radiation reflected by the product and connected, by means of an optic fibre beam, to a detector unit comprising possible optic filter... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090147261 - Beam detector distance measurement: A projected beam smoke detector includes circuitry and control software to measure a distance a beam travels between the detector's transmitter and receiver. Either a time-based or a phase-based measurement methodology could be used. A sensitivity parameter of the detector could be set in response to the results of the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090147262 - Apparatus with a combination of a point light source and a single lens: An apparatus with a combination of a point light source and a single lens is provided. The present apparatus includes a point light source, a photodetector and a lens. The lens is placed in the same side of the point light source and the photodetector in order that the light... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20090147263 - Interference spectroscopic analysis device: The field of the invention is that of spectroscopic analysis devices allowing the spectral analysis of radiation. The device according to the invention is of the interference type, it comprises at least a first reflecting layer onto which is deposited a multilayer of alternately transparent and photo-absorbing thin films, each... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090147264 - Label-free, real-time detection system for molecular interaction analysis: An approach to diagnosing various physiological conditions in a subject entails determining the presence and, optionally, the amount or concentration of cell-free DNA in a sample from the subject. For this purpose one can employ an element that includes an optical surface with DNA-binding molecules immobilized thereon, where the optical... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090147265 - Detection system for detecting translations of a body: The invention relates to a system (1) for detecting a translation (T) of a body (2) with a diffraction pattern (3) applied to said body. The system comprises means (4) for providing an incident light beam (I) to said diffraction pattern and to obtain a diffracted light beam (D) from... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090147266 - Eye length measurement apparatus: An interferometric axial eye length measurement apparatus having a light source adapted to produce a beam of partially coherent light, a first mirror and a second mirror disposed in the reference arm, and a processor adapted to control at least the second mirror such that a corneal interference peak and... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20090147267 - Laser doppler vibrometer employing active frequency feedback: A laser Doppler vibrometer for vibration measurement that employs active feedback to cancel the effect of large vibration excursions at low frequencies, obviating the need to unwrap phase data. The Doppler shift of a reflective vibrating test object is sensed interferometrically and compensated by means of a voltage-controlled oscillator driving... Agent: Daphne Burton

20090147268 - Interferometric analysis of under-resolved features: In certain aspects, disclosed methods include directing test light reflected from an object to form an image of the object on a detector, where the object includes a diffractive structure. The test light at the detector includes both specularly and non-specularly reflected light from the diffractive structure, and the diffractive... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090147269 - Interferometric nanoimaging system: The invention is a means of providing focusing and the use of focal methods to improve the imaging and meteorological performance of an interferometric, non-image forming system for use in metrology and nanoscale imaging.... Agent: William S Ramsey, Esq

20090147270 - System and method for investigating and/or determining the condition or state of a ship's hull: A system and a method for investigating and/or determining the condition or the state of a ship's hull, in particular its outer skin, for making it possible to select, in particular to lengthen, the docking time interval for ships depending on the condition or the state of the ship's hull.... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20090147271 - Method for determining the position of a first moving component relative to a second component and device for applying said method: s

20090147272 - Proximity detection for control of an imaging device: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a proximity detector is placed proximate to projector to detect an obstruction disposed proximate to the projector. The proximity detector is capable of estimating the distance from an object to the projector. If an object is detected within a minimum distance, the... Agent: Microvision, Inc.

20090141260 - Distance measurement system and distance measurement method: The system further includes: a distance calculation unit (32) which calculates a first distance (d1) to a first measurement point (P2, P5) and a second distance (d2) to a second measurement point (P4, P7); a judgment unit (33) which judges that specular reflection is caused; and an operation unit (34)... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090141261 - Electro-optical output unit and measuring device comprising said electro-optical output unit: The invention relates to an electro-optical output unit (30, 31, 32, 130, 132) for representing measured distance values, especially an electro-optical output unit (30, 31, 32, 130, 132) for a hand-held length-measuring device. The invention is characterized in that the output unit (30, 31, 32, 130, 132) is adapted to... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090141262 - Method of detecting a light pulse reflected on an object to determine the distance from the object, sensor and device for implementing same: e

20090141263 - Motion rate sensor: A motion rate sensor for detecting the rate of movement of an article, comprising: a housing relative to which, in use, the article moves, a detection unit disposed within the housing, the detection unit including a conversion device adapted for generating detector signals caused by the motion of the article,... Agent: Law Offices Of Eugene M. Cummings, P.C.

20090141264 - Method and apparatus for observing and inspecting defects: A defect inspecting apparatus includes a sample mounting device for mounting a sample; lighting and detecting apparatus for illuminating a patterned sample mounted on a mount and detecting the optical image of the reflected light obtained therefrom. Also included is a display for displaying the optical image detected by this... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090141266 - Analyzing tunable optical filters using tunable source: The specification describes an optical wavelength monitor/analyzer that uses a cost effective wavelength reference source. The wavelength reference source is a nominally fixed wavelength laser with inherent tunability over a very limited wavelength range, i.e. a few nanometers. Tuning is effected by changing the temperature of the laser. The limited... Agent: Law Office Of Peter V.d. Wilde

20090141265 - Method and apparatus for measuring color of a moving web: A method and an apparatus for measuring color of a moving web. The web is measured by reflectance measurement and transmittance measurement, wherein the reflectance measurement is carried out by illuminating a surface of the web in a measuring area, where on the other side of the web at the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090141267 - Optical-fiber-characteristic measuring apparatus and optical-fiber-characteristic measuring method: A measurement range is extended while maintaining the spatial resolution high by completely separating the increment of a probe light from noises. Modulations are performed on both probe light and pump light to differentiate both lights. Using the modulations, only the change in the probe light necessary for measuring the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090141268 - Apparatus for measuring stray light in lens module: An apparatus for measuring stray light in a lens module includes a light source, an image sensor, an object distance adjusting unit, and an object distance measuring device. The light source is disposed at an object side of the lens module for emitting light to the lens module. The image... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090141269 - Defect inspection method and system: An inspection system includes: a facility that uses wide-band illumination light having different wavelengths and single-wavelength light to perform dark-field illumination on an object of inspection, which has the surface thereof coated with a transparent film, in a plurality of illuminating directions at a plurality of illuminating angles; a facility... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090141270 - Simple fiducial marking for quality verification of high density circuit board connectors: A printed circuit board with a printed pattern of fiducial marks on a first side of the printed circuit board including a first indicia including a right triangle with its base parallel to a first edge of the board and an alignment mark adjacent thereto, and a second indicia including... Agent: Emcore Corporation

20090141271 - Security screening using raman analysis: Method and apparatus for screening objects using Raman scattering methods to detect the presence of predefined substances or classes of substances. The predefined substances may be hazardous, toxic, or explosive. Radiation is supplied to an incident region of an object. Scattered light is collected from a collection region on the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090141272 - Optical instrument comprising multi-notch beam splitter: An instrument is provided that can monitor nucleic acid sequence amplification reactions, for example, PCR amplification of DNA and DNA fragments. The instrument includes a multi-notch filter disposed along one or both of an excitation beam path and an emission beam path. Methods are also provided for monitoring nucleic acid... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090141273 - Optical apparatus: An optical apparatus includes an optical fibre having a radiation inlet, a radiation outlet and a termination by which optical radiation is transmitted from the fibre, a retroreflector spaced from the termination and aligned with the path of radiation from the termination such that the radiation is reflected back along... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090141274 - Polarization dependent loss analyzer: A polarization dependent loss measuring device and the method of using the same are disclosed. The device includes a light source, a sensor, and a controller. The light source generates a polarization modulated light signal, and is adapted to apply the polarization modulated light signal to a device under test.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090141275 - Alignment inspection method and alignment inspection apparatus: A method of inspecting the alignment of a second structure with respect to a first structure, including emitting light from a first plane of a first structure to a second plane of a second structure in a first direction perpendicular to the first plane of the first structure, the first... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090141276 - Scanning unit of a position measuring arrangement: A scanning unit of a position measuring arrangement for scanning a measuring graduation of a scale. The scanning unit includes a base body including an interior space; wherein the base body can be installed, fixed in place, on an object to be measured, wherein the base body comes into contact... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090141277 - Thread lateral movement sensor: A system for detecting the lateral movement of thread in a textile manufacturing system is disclosed. The system includes an optical device configured to emit an optical signal. The optical device includes a resonant cavity. The system further includes a driver connected to the optical device. The driver configured to... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090141278 - Systems and methods for determing whether a biological specimen carrier is properly oriented: Systems and methods for determining whether a biological specimen carrier, such as a specimen slide, is arranged in its proper orientation. An optically absorptive element is associated with a surface of the biological specimen carrier. Light emitted from a light source is incident on a surface of the carrier. A... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20090141280 - Method and apparatus for monitoring gas concentration in a fluid: A monitor for monitoring gas concentration in an aerospace application is described, one such application being measuring the concentration of oxygen in or next to aviation fuel. The monitor comprises: a substance, the spectroscopic properties of which change when the substance is exposed to the gas; a light source, arranged... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090141279 - Sensor device and for determining a physical value: A sensor process and device are described for determining a physical value by means of a laser whose emission properties can be influenced by the physical value. The laser is designed to radiate at least two concurrent modes (E1, E2, E1′, E2′) above the laser threshold. The physical value is... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090141281 - Detector/imager: A back scatter absorption detector/imager having an optical parametric device for generating sensing radiation, the optical parametric device having a nonlinear medium (NLC) and a pump wave laser source, the nonlinear medium (NLC) being able to generate a signal and an idler wave in response to being stimulated with the... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090141282 - Concentration measuring structure capable of reducing the effect of environmental temperature: A concentration measuring structure capable of reducing the effect of environmental temperature features the arrangement of a concentration detector in the fluid communication space of a fluid circulating device in a fuel cell system to let the fluids in the concentration detector and the fuel cell achieve equal temperature, thereby... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20090141283 - Measurement apparatus: A measurement apparatus includes a dielectric block, a thin film layer formed on the dielectric block and brought into contact with a sample, a light source for generating a light beam, an optical incident system for causing the light beam to enter the dielectric block so that the light beam... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090141284 - Octupole winding pattern for a fiber optic coil: An octupole winding pattern for winding a fiber optic coil includes at least two layers of an eight-layer winding pattern having an end fiber optic coil diameter formed in an opposite direction as a substantial portion of a remaining portion of the respective layer. The selectively arranged octupole winding pattern... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090141285 - Input device and method for making same: A light guide has a first surface and a second surface with diffractive structures. A slanted facet is provided at one corner of the light guide. The diffractive structures have concentric fringes centered near the slanted facet. Fringes are arranged such that a light beam directed from the first surface... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090141286 - Method and system for sensing light using interferometric elements: Certain embodiments of the invention provide a light sensor comprising at least one interferometric element that absorbs light in at least one wavelength. The interferometric element comprises a first surface and a second surface substantially parallel to the first surface. The second surface is spaced a gap distance from the... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090141287 - Surface-distortion measuring device and method: A surface-distortion measuring device and a surface-distortion measuring method can quantitatively, rapidly, and highly accurately measure and evaluate surface-distortion distribution at all of observable points on a specular or semi-specular surface of a measurement target. The device includes pattern displaying means 2 capable of switching and displaying a plurality of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090141288 - Optical displacement meter, optical displacement measuring method, optical displacement measuring program, computer-readable recording medium, and device that records the program: The present invention provides an optical displacement meter which performs a profile search for performing positional adjustment of a profile shape. The optical displacement meter includes: an amplifier for amplifying a reception light signal from a two-dimensional light receiving device; profile computing means capable of computing a profile shape of... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090141289 - Method for determining at least the position of a movable part of a drive unit such as an internal combustion engine or the similar: A method for determining at least the position of a moving part of the drive assembly, in which the part is illuminated or exposed to light and thereby the passage of light between the moving part and a part which corresponds thereto is determined. The passage of light changes or... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090141290 - Optical measuring device using optical triangulation: An optical triangulation measuring device includes an emmiter that emits two alternating light beams with different wavelengths along the same path; a beam splitter; an optical separator that directs the alternating split beams towards the surfaces from which they are reflected; an optical combiner that collects the beams and directs... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP