Patents by Inventor Mitch Stanek

Mitch Stanek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Active monitoring of multi-laser systems
    Patent number: 10295405
    Abstract: A monitoring system for a multi-laser module includes detectors corresponding to each laser and situated to receive a portion of the associated laser beam uncombined with other beams. Laser characteristics are measured and stored, and in operation are used to identify device failures. A comparator receives a reference value and compares the reference value with a current operational value. If the current value is less that the reference value, a possible failure is indicated. Signal cross-coupling among the detectors is also used to identify undesirable scattering that can be associated with surface contamination or device failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott R. Karlsen, Jay Small, Mitch Stanek, Vito P. Errico, Cary S. Kiest
  • ACTIVE MONITORING OF MULTI-LASER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160209267
    Abstract: A monitoring system for a multi-laser module includes detectors corresponding to each laser and situated to receive a portion of the associated laser beam uncombined with other beams. Laser characteristics are measured and stored, and in operation are used to identify device failures. A comparator receives a reference value and compares the reference value with a current operational value. If the current value is less that the reference value, a possible failure is indicated. Signal cross-coupling among the detectors is also used to identify undesirable scattering that can be associated with surface contamination or device failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott R. Karlsen, Jay Small, Mitch Stanek, Vito P. Errico, Cary S. Kiest
  • Active monitoring of multi-laser systems
    Patent number: 9310248
    Abstract: A monitoring system for a multi-laser module includes detectors corresponding to each laser and situated to receive a portion of the associated laser beam uncombined with other beams. Laser characteristics are measured and stored, and in operation are used to identify device failures. A comparator receives a reference value and compares the reference value with a current operational value. If the current value is less that the reference value, a possible failure is indicated. Signal cross-coupling among the detectors is also used to identify undesirable scattering that can be associated with surface contamination or device failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott R. Karlsen, Jay Small, Mitch Stanek, Vito Errico, Cary Kiest
  • System and method for stack crawl testing and caching
    Patent number: 9274923
    Abstract: A method for extracting static information from user code, analyzing the static information to determine location expressions for program information and comparing the location expressions to reference location expressions of the user code. In addition, a system having a reading module configured to read and extract static information from user code, an analyzing module configured to analyze the static information to determine location expressions for program information and a comparison module configured to compare the location expressions to reference location expressions of the user code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Felix Burton, Peder Andersen, Mitch Stanek
  • ACTIVE MONITORING OF MULTI-LASER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140263971
    Abstract: A monitoring system for a multi-laser module includes detectors corresponding to each laser and situated to receive a portion of the associated laser beam uncombined with other beams. Laser characteristics are measured and stored, and in operation are used to identify device failures. A comparator receives a reference value and compares the reference value with a current operational value. If the current value is less that the reference value, a possible failure is indicated. Signal cross-coupling among the detectors is also used to identify undesirable scattering that can be associated with surface contamination or device failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: nLight Photonics Corporation
    Inventors: Scott R. Karlsen, Jay Small, Mitch Stanek, Vito Errico, Cary Kiest
  • System And Method for Stack Crawl Testing and Caching
    Publication number: 20090248721
    Abstract: A method for extracting static information from user code, analyzing the static information to determine location expressions for program information and comparing the location expressions to reference location expressions of the user code. In addition, a system having a reading module configured to read and extract static information from user code, an analyzing module configured to analyze the static information to determine location expressions for program information and a comparison module configured to compare the location expressions to reference location expressions of the user code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Felix Burton, Peder Andersen, Mitch Stanek