Joseph Charles Marron (born 1959) is an American optical engineer and a principal engineering fellow at Raytheon. He is known for his work in developing advanced laser radar and the invention of holographic laser radar. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America and in June 2018 was awarded the 10 millionth U.S. patent.

Marron was educated at University of Rochester's Institute of Optics. He received his undergraduate degree in 1981 and his PhD in 1986.[1] While working at the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) he was issued his first patent in 1991.[2][3]

While at ERIM Marron was part of NASA's Hubble Aberration Recovery Project (HARP) team that "fixed" the Hubble Space Telescope through the installation of the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) instrument.[4] His was one of the groups that calculated the error in the mirror from the faulty images using phase retrieval,[5][6] allowing the corrective optics to be designed.[7]

in 1993, still at ERIM, Marron developed a method for holographic laser radar imaging.[8] In 2004, while at Corning, he was elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America for "contributions to the science of coherent imaging and the invention of holographic laser radar."[9] Marron also worked for Lockheed Martin and later became a principle research fellow at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems.[10]

On June 19, 2018, Marron was granted patent number 10,000,000 titled "Coherent LADAR Using Intra-Pixel Quadrature Detection" It is for a system to improve laser detection and ranging (LADAR).[11][12] The patent was also the first to receive the USPTO's redesigned patent cover, specifically unveiled in conjunction with the milestone event.[13] President Donald Trump signed the patent during a special ceremony at the White House. Marron was joined at the event by Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, USPTO Director Andrei Iancu, and Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy.[14] The patent has been assigned to Raytheon.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "US patent office issues its 10 millionth patent to Rochester alumnus" (Press release). University of Rochester. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Moser, Molly (22 June 2018). "Joe Marron on 27 Years of Optics Inventions". Optics and Photonics News. The Optical Society of America.
  3. ↑ US patent 5073021, Marron, Joseph, "Bifocal ophthalmic lens constructed from birefringent material", issued 1991-12-17, assigned to Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
  4. ↑ "Optical Testing of the James Webb Space Telescope" (PDF). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Fienup, J. R.; Marron, J. C.; Schulz, T. J.; Seldin, J. H. (1993). "Hubble Space Telescope characterized by using phase-retrieval algorithms". Applied Optics. 32 (10): 1747–67. Bibcode:1993ApOpt..32.1747F. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.549.9187. doi:10.1364/AO.32.001747. ISSN 0003-6935. PMID 20820308.
  6. ↑ Fienup, James R. (March 2003). "Phase Retrieval: Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope" (PDF). Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Redding, D.; Serlin, S.; Boden, A.; Mo, J.; Hanisch, R.; Furey, L. (July 1995). Optical presecription of the HST (Report). Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
  8. ↑ Marron, Joseph C.; Schroeder, Kirk S. (1993). "Holographic laser radar". Optics Letters. 18 (5): 385–387. Bibcode:1993OptL...18..385M. doi:10.1364/OL.18.000385. ISSN 0146-9592. PMID 19802144.
  9. ↑ "2004 OSA Fellows". Optical Society of America. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Rabb, David; Marron, Joseph (2015). "Special Section Guest Editorial: Computational Approaches to Imaging LADAR" (PDF). Optical Engineering. 54 (3): 031101. Bibcode:2015OptEn..54c1101R. doi:10.1117/1.OE.54.3.031101. ISSN 0091-3286. S2CID 57341030.
  11. ↑ "United States Issues Patent Number 10,000,000" (Press release). United States Patent and Trademark Office. 19 June 2018.
  12. ↑ US patent 10000000, Marron, Joseph,, "Coherent LADAR using intra-pixel quadrature detection", issued 2018-06-19, assigned to Raytheon Co
  13. ↑ "10 Million Patents". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  14. 1 2 "The Invention Engine: Raytheon receives the 10 millionth patent in history" (Press release). Raytheon. 21 June 2018.
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