OPTICAL, ELECTRO OPTICS, IMAGING, LASER APPLICATIONS .CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT, CONSULTING, TROUBLESHOOTING for product development, product & process control, system integration. . .won annual award of billion-dollar corporation (Medtronic) for sensing / imaging / detection / control system. ....Integrated, real-time system includes 2 electronic cameras, 9 photo-sensors, electronics, 3 computers with custom software, & output control signals. Developed & upgraded systems for: G.E. (3 divs.), Gen-Probe, Image Processing Systems Ltd., J&J (5 divs.), Lockheed Martin, Materials Research Corp., Medtronic (3 divs.), MEI, PerkinElmer, P&G, Teledyne, Teradyne, Timken, & Uniliver Research and over 100 companies. . . . Dr. Axelrod serves as expert witness in patent litigation cases: ...Client awarded $13.4 million plus on-going licensing fees for International Trade Commission (Sec. 337) case. Client: Symbol Technologies. Law Firm: Jones Day ,,,In 2012-2013, was expert witness in ITC (337) case with client Research in Motion (Blackberry). RIM obtained favorable settlement. ...see axelrodassociates.com/axelrod_cv_ip.pdf . .Dr. Axelrod earned a Ph.D. in Optics & Materials from Institute of Optics, University of Rochester. .He is Certified by Stature in Machine Vision by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. .He worked in Research & Development at Bell Labs. for seven years. .He is listed in Who's Who in Technology, Who's Who in America, and other biographical listings.