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EXFO INC. Patents: Applications Pending

EXFO INC. Patent Applications Pending

87 applications still open at the USPTO, newest filing first, as the USPTO Open Data Portal records them; the company is the first-named applicant. The application number opens the full record at Patent Center.

  • 2026-04-27: Application 19659361; Invention METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING; Applicant EXFO Inc.; Status Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination.
  • 2025-11-24: Application 19398784; Invention SINGLE-ENDED MEASUREMENT OF THE SPECTRAL TRANSMISSION RESPONSE OF AN OPTICAL DEVICE UNDER TEST; Applicant EXFO Inc.; Status Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination.
  • 2025-09-17: Application 19331583; Invention OTDR METHOD FOR DETECTING HOLLOW-CORE FIBERS; Applicant EXFO INC.; Status Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination.
  • 2025-08-26: Application 63870543; Invention SINGLE-ENDED MEASUREMENT OF THE SPECTRAL TRANSMISSION RESPONSE OF AN OPTICAL DEVICE UNDER TEST; Applicant EXFO Inc.; Status Provisional Application Expired.
FiledApplicationInventionApplicantStatusPublished asInventor nameInventor countryExaminer
2026-04-2719659361METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSINGEXFO Inc.Docketed New Case - Ready for ExaminationUS20260259338A1
Hongxin CHEN
Michel LEBLANC
Michel LECLERC
Canada
Canada
Canada
CENTRAL, DOCKET
2025-11-2419398784SINGLE-ENDED MEASUREMENT OF THE SPECTRAL TRANSMISSION RESPONSE OF AN OPTICAL DEVICE UNDER TESTEXFO Inc.Docketed New Case - Ready for ExaminationUS20260153407A1
Yves BRETON
Hongxin CHEN
Vincent CHOUINARD
Canada
Canada
Canada
CENTRAL, DOCKET
2025-09-1719331583OTDR METHOD FOR DETECTING HOLLOW-CORE FIBERSEXFO INC.Docketed New Case - Ready for ExaminationUS20260085997A1
Michel LECLERC
Nicolas FAUCHER
Canada
Canada
CENTRAL, DOCKET
2025-08-2663870543SINGLE-ENDED MEASUREMENT OF THE SPECTRAL TRANSMISSION RESPONSE OF AN OPTICAL DEVICE UNDER TESTEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Yves BRETON
Hongxin CHEN
Vincent CHOUINARD
Canada
Canada
Canada
2025-05-1619210071OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE INSPECTION MICROSCOPE CONFIGURABLE FOR INSPECTION OF ANGLED- AND NON-ANGLED-POLISHED CONNECTORSEXFO Inc.Docketed New Case - Ready for ExaminationUS20250383259A1
Olivier COTE
Jean FILION
Canada
Canada
AYUB, HINA F
2025-04-1619180718CORRECTION TECHNIQUE FOR CODED SEQUENCE OTDREXFO Inc.Non Final Action MailedUS20260002836A1
Michel LECLERC
Sammy NOEL PARISE
Canada
Canada
REVERMAN, CHAD ANDREW
2025-04-1519179086OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE INSPECTION MICROSCOPE NATIVELY ADAPTED FOR ANGLED POLISHED CONNECTORSEXFO Inc.Non Final Action MailedUS20260126343A1
Jean FILION
Raphael LABERGE
Olivier COTE
Mario L'HEUREUX
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
AMARA, MOHAMED K
2025-04-0919174363REFERENCING OPTICAL POWER LOSS MEASUREMENTS USING REFLECTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTSEXFO Inc.Publications -- Issue Fee Payment VerifiedUS20250327717A1
Mario L'HEUREUX
Alexandre DRAPEAU
Kristine PALANJYAN
Canada
Canada
Canada
STOCK JR, GORDON J
2025-03-1219077631SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTACTLESS OPTICAL FIBER SIGNAL DETECTIONEXFO INC.Notice of Allowance Mailed -- Application Received in Office of PublicationsUS20250290792A1
Alexandre DRAPEAU
Michel LECLERC
Olivier COTE
Canada
Canada
Canada
GARBER, ERIN R
2025-03-1219077507OPTICAL FIBER TESTING USING POLARIZATION OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRYEXFO INC.Notice of Allowance Mailed -- Application Received in Office of PublicationsUS20250290828A1
Michel LECLERC
Canada
AHMED, JAMIL
2025-02-2719065506METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE COMMON OPTICAL PATH PORTIONS BETWEEN DEPLOYED OPTICAL FIBERSEXFO INC.Docketed New Case - Ready for ExaminationUS20250373329A1
Michel LECLERC
Olivier PLOMTEUX
Louis BELANGER SANSOUCY
Canada
Canada
Canada
SINGH, DALZID E
2025-01-2019032309CLASSIFICATION OF AN OPTICAL EVENT IN AN OTDR MEASUREMENT BASED ON HISTORICAL DATAEXFO Inc.Docketed New Case - Ready for ExaminationUS20250244201A1
Stephane PERRON
Canada
LI, SHI K
2025-01-1419020808Methods And Devices For Denoising Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry SignalsEXFO Inc.Docketed New Case - Ready for ExaminationUS20260291605A1
Jonathan PLANTE
Renaud LESPERANCE
Ludovik MONDOU
Canada
Canada
Canada
DOBSON, DANIEL G
2025-01-1363744498OTDR METHOD FOR DETECTING HOLLOW-CORE FIBERSEXFO INC.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Nicolas FAUCHER
Canada
Canada
2024-12-2018989110POSITIONING AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE TO A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITEXFO Inc.Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to ExaminerUS20250207907A1
Raphael DUBE-DEMERS
Antoine GERVAIS
Samed KOCER
Canada
Canada
Canada
STOCK JR, GORDON J
2024-12-1618981957DENOISING OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY SIGNALSEXFO Inc.Non Final Action MailedUS20250207997A1
Jonathan PLANTE
Renaud LESPERANCE
Sylvain NADEAU
Vincent DEMERS-CARPENTIER
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
GRAY, SUNGHEE Y
2024-12-0518969857Systems and methods for proactively detecting faulty optical fibers using OTDR data, environmental data, and machine learningEXFO Inc.Non Final Action MailedUS20250192882A1
Christopher DAUMER
Thierry BOUSSAC
France
France
SINGH, DALZID E
2024-11-2963726356SINGLE-ENDED SPECTRALLY RESOLVED INSERTION LOSS MEASUREMENT METHODEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Yves BRETON
Hongxin CHEN
Vincent CHOUINARD
Canada
Canada
Canada
2024-11-2218956502METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING AN UNDERGROUND OPTICAL FIBEREXFO INC.Docketed New Case - Ready for ExaminationUS20250172717A1
Michel LECLERC
Hongxin CHEN
Canada
Canada
CENTRAL, DOCKET
2024-09-2663699347OTDR METHOD FOR DETECTING HOLLOW CORE FIBERSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Nicolas FAUCHER
Canada
Canada
2024-09-2018891340PINCH DETECTION USING REAL-TIME OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRYEXFO Inc.Non Final Action MailedUS20250123128A1
Vincent DEMERS-CARPENTIER
Eric THOMASSIN
Ines BAYOUDH EP BELGHITH
Rahma HAMMAMI
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
LUU, THANH X
2024-08-2363686587METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DENOISING OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY SIGNALSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Jonathan Plante
Renaud Lesperance
Ludovik Mondou
Canada
Canada
Canada
2024-08-2318813432ENHANCED OPTICAL FIBER INSPECTION USING IMAGE SEGMENTATIONEXFO Inc.Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to ExaminerUS20250078238A1
Jonathan PLANTE
Sylvain NADEAU
Justin M. WHATLEY
Canada
Canada
Canada
THOMAS, SOUMYA
2024-08-1918808583ADAPTER TIP AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING ANGLED-POLISHED OPTICAL-FIBER CONNECTORSEXFO Inc.Response to Ex parte Quayle Action Entered and Forwarded to ExaminerUS20250076625A1
Olivier COTE
Charles GAUVIN
Canada
Canada
LAU, EDMOND C
2024-08-1918808379Mapping connectivity of optical fibers between remote locationsEXFO Inc.Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to ExaminerUS20250076152A1
Stephane PERRON
Canada
ISMAIL, OMAR S
2024-07-1818777215CHROMATIC DISPERSION MEASUREMENTEXFO Inc.Final Rejection MailedUS20250146904A1
Michel LECLERC
Hongxin CHEN
Canada
Canada
WANG, QUAN ZHEN
2024-07-0363667393SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTACTLESS OPTICAL FIBER SIGNAL DETECTIONEXFO INC.Provisional Application Expired
Alexandre DRAPEAU
Michel LECLERC
Olivier COTE
Canada
Canada
Canada
2024-06-1963661729METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SINGLE-ENDED POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION MEASUREMENTEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Hongxin CHEN
Yves BRETON
Mathieu HUNEAULT
Canada
Canada
Canada
2024-06-1463659970OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE INSPECTION MICROSCOPE CONFIGURABLE FOR INSPECTION OF ANGLED- AND NON-ANGLED-POLISHED CONNECTORSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Olivier COTE
Jean FILION
Canada
Canada
2024-05-3163654385METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE COMMON OPTICAL PATH PORTIONS BETWEEN DEPLOYED OPTICAL FIBERSEXFO INC.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Olivier PLOMTEUX
Canada
Canada
2024-04-3063640548COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE FOR CODED SEQUENCE OTDREXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Sammy NOEL PARISE
Canada
Canada
2024-04-3063640447OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE INSPECTION MICROSCOPE NATIVELY ADAPTED FOR ANGLED POLISHED CONNECTORSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
JEAN FILION
RAPHAEL LABERGE
OLIVIER COTE
MARIO L’HEUREUX
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
2024-04-1963636155SIMPLIFIED REFLECTOMETRIC OLTS REFERENCEEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Mario L'HEUREUX
Alexandre DRAPEAU
Kristine PALANJYAN
Canada
Canada
Canada
2024-03-1563565779SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTACTLESS OPTICAL FIBER SIGNAL DETECTIONEXFO INC.Provisional Application Expired
Alexandre DRAPEAU
Michel LECLERC
Olivier COTE
Canada
Canada
Canada
2024-03-1563565720DENOISING OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY SIGNALSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Jonathan PLANTE
Renaud LESPERANCE
Ludovik MONDOU
Canada
Canada
Canada
2024-03-1363564764OPTICAL FIBER TESTING USING POLARIZATION OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRYEXFO INC.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Canada
2024-02-2763558401Automatized monitoring of anomalies during operation of a network using tagging of groups of correlated anomaliesEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Fabrice PELLOIN
Stephane LAGAIN
France
France
2024-01-2418420965ADAPTER TIP AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING APC TRANS-DUPLEX FIBER-OPTIC CONNECTORSEXFO Inc.Notice of Allowance Mailed -- Application Received in Office of PublicationsUS20240255713A1
Olivier COTE
Jean Filion
Raphael LABERGE
Canada
Canada
Canada
STAHL, MICHAEL J
2024-01-2263623474IDENTIFICATION OF OPTICAL DEVICE TYPE IN AN OPTICAL REFLECTOMETRY RESULT BASED ON HISTORICAL DATAEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Stephane PERRON
Canada
2024-01-1818416224METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT LOSS OR GAIN IN OPTICAL LINKS AND COMPONENTSEXFO INC.Notice of Allowance Mailed -- Application Received in Office of PublicationsUS20240283531A1
Gang HE
Canada
MIKELS, MATTHEW
2024-01-1563620972ENHANCED OPTICAL FIBER INSPECTION USING IMAGE SEGMENTATIONEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Jonathan PLANTE
Sylvain NADEAU
Justin M. WHATLEY
Canada
Canada
Canada
2023-12-2263613829OPTICAL PROBE POSITIONINGEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Samed KOCER
Antoine GERVAIS
Raphael DUBE-DEMERS
Canada
Canada
Canada
2023-12-2163613507DENOISING OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY SIGNALSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Jonathan PLANTE
Renaud LESPERANCE
Sylvain NADEAU
Vincent DEMERS-CARPENTIER
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
2023-12-2118392359ALL-OPTICAL OPEN CABLE OSNR MEASUREMENTEXFO Inc.Final Rejection MailedUS20240283532A1
Gang HE
Gwennael AMICE
Canada
Canada
SHAMEEM, ASIF ISLAM
2023-12-1263609178Systems and methods for proactively detecting faulty optical fibers using OTDR data, environmental data, and machine learningEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Christopher DAUMER
Thierry BOUSSAC
France
France
2023-12-0863607585ALL-OPTICAL OPEN CABLE OSNR MEASUREMENTEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Gang HE
Gwennael AMICE
Canada
Canada
2023-11-2763602860FINDING THE DEPTH OF AN OPTICAL FIBER CABLE USING DISTRIBUTED VIBRATION SENSINGEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Hongxin CHEN
Canada
Canada
2023-10-1263589794PINCH DETECTION USING REAL-TIME OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRYEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Vincent DEMERS-CARPENTIER
Ines BAYOUDH EP BELGHITH
Eric THOMASSIN
Canada
Canada
Canada
2023-08-3163579842Mapping connectivity of optical fibers between remote locationsEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Stephane PERRON
Canada
2023-08-3163535667Enhanced performance of Fiber Inspection Probe through AI Image SegmentationEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Jonathan Plante
Sylvain Nadeau
Canada
Canada
2023-08-2963579352METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT LOSS OR GAIN IN OPTICAL LINKS AND COMPONENTSEXFO INC.Provisional Application Expired
Gang HE
Canada
2023-08-2863579073ADAPTER TIP AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING ANGLED-POLISHED OPTICAL-FIBER CONNECTORSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
OLIVIER COTE
CHARLES GAUVIN
Canada
Canada
2023-08-0863518197CHROMATIC DISPERSION MEASUREMENT BASED ON THE GROUP-DELAY APPROACHEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Hongxin CHEN
Canada
Canada
2023-08-0863518173OPTICAL TEST DEVICE AND CONNECTOR ADAPTEREXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Alexandre DRAPEAU
Michel LECLERC
Canada
Canada
2023-07-2863516162METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SINGLE-ENDED POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION ANALYSISEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Hongxin CHEN
Canada
2023-06-0963507117SWAP-OUT CONNECTOR ADAPTER WITH AUTO-RECOGNITIONEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Alexandre DRAPEAU
Michel LECLERC
Canada
Canada
2023-05-1563466608Visual Fault Locator (VFL) with variable gain controlEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Mario L’Heureux
Michel Leclerc
Canada
Canada
2023-04-2863498952ADAPTER TIP AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING APC TRANS-DUPLEX FIBER-OPTIC CONNECTORSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Olivier COTE
Jean FILION
Raphael LABERGE
Canada
Canada
Canada
2023-04-1163495385METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSINGEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Hongxin CHEN
Michel LEBLANC
Canada
Canada
2023-02-2463486797METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSINGEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Hongxin CHEN
Normand CYR
Canada
Canada
2023-02-2463486786METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSINGEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Hongxin CHEN
Michel LEBLANC
Michel LECLERC
Canada
Canada
Canada
2023-02-2063485973TECHNIQUE TO PROBE WET PLANT FOR IMPROVED OSNR ACCURACY AND EFFECTIVE NON-LINEAR NOISEEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Gang HE
Canada
2023-02-2063485972Spectral characterization of polarization dependent loss or gain (PDL/G) on transmission cable in the fieldEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Gang HE
Canada
2023-01-3163482392DUPLEX FIBER MDC-APC ENDFACE INSPECTION APPARATUSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Olivier COTE
Canada
2022-07-2163391087ADAPTER TIP AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING DUPLEX FIBER-OPTIC CONNECTOR ENDFACESEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Olivier COTE
Mario L'HEUREUX
Raphael LABERGE
Canada
Canada
Canada
2022-07-2063390657METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING SUPI AND SUCI IN 5G NETWORKSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Anwer AL-DULAIMI
Stephane BOULET
Canada
France
2022-07-0563367689UN-COHERENT AND COHERENT LASER OTDRS FOR REAL-TIME INSTANTANEOUS OPTIC FIBER LOSS AND VIBRATION MONITORING AND TESTINGEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Hongxin CHEN
Canada
2022-07-0563367673METHOD AND APPARATUS OF QUASI-CONTINUOUS SAMPLED DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSINGEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Hongxin CHEN
Canada
2022-06-2963356512DUPLEX OPTICAL POWER LOSS MEASUREMENT USING AN ADAPTOR DEVICEEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Nicholas COLE
Canada
United Kingdom
2022-06-2363354971METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING SUPI AND SUCI IN 5G NETWORKSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Anwer AL-DULAIMI
Stephane BOULET
Canada
France
2022-06-0763349842SUPI CATCHER IN 5G NETWORKSEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Anwer AL-DULAIMI
Canada
2022-05-1163340536ASYMMETRICAL DUPLEX INSPECTION TIPEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Olivier COTE
Mario L'HEUREUX
Raphael LABERGE
Canada
Canada
Canada
2022-03-2863269993SPECTRAL AVERAGING OF OTDR TRACESEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Canada
2022-02-1763311278RF spectrum analyzer for TDD transmission that maintains synchronization between UL and DL with a single antennaEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Dominic LAPIERRE
Luc GERMAIN
Canada
Canada
2022-02-1063308583EARLY DETECTION OF QUALITY CONTROL TEST FAILURES FOR MANUFACTURING END-TO-END TESTING OPTIMIZATIONEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Jonathan PLANTE
Justin WHATLEY
Sylvain NADEAU
Canada
Canada
Canada
2022-01-1963266924DUPLEX OPTICAL POWER LOST MEASUREMENT USING AN ADAPTOR DEVICEEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Nicholas COLE
Canada
Canada
2021-12-2263265909Hunting for interferences in the Uplink reserved slot of the TDD transmissionEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Dominic LAPIERRE
Luc GERMAIN
Martin LEVESQUE
Canada
Canada
Canada
2021-11-1263263993PEAK SELECTION ASSISTANCE FOR RF SPECTRUM ANALYSISEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Dominic LAPIERRE
Martin LEVESQUE
Jean-Pierre COUDERT
Canada
Canada
Canada
2021-08-3063260731SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN FIBER OPTIC SPLICESEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Stephane PERRON
Michel LECLERC
Canada
Canada
2021-08-2763260647EARLY DETECTION OF QUALITY CONTROL TEST FAILURES FOR MANUFACTURING END-TO-END TESTING OPTIMIZATIONEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Jonathan Plante
Justin Whatley
Sylvain Nadeau
Canada
Canada
Canada
2021-08-2663260581OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE INSPECTION MICROSCOPE HAVING A DUAL ILLUMINATION SOURCEEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Nicolas CARON
Olivier COTE
Mario L'HEUREUX
Canada
Canada
Canada
2021-07-3063203758OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE INSPECTION MICROSCOPE HAVING A SWAPPABLE OPTICAL HEADEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Olivier COTE
Aymen SALAHDDINE
Mario L'HEUREUX
Canada
Canada
Canada
2021-07-1563222040Communication Network Performance and Fault Analysis Using Learning Models with Model InterpretationEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Justin Whatley
Canada
2021-06-0463196977SPECTRAL AVERAGING OF OTDR TRACESEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Canada
2021-04-1663175980OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE INSPECTION MICROSCOPE HAVING A SWAPPABLE OPTICAL HEADEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Olivier COTE
Aymen SALAHDDINE
Mario L'HEUREUX
Canada
Canada
Canada
2021-02-2563153713VISUAL FIBER FINDER FOR SEQUENCING OPTICAL FIBER TESTINGEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Michel LECLERC
Canada
2021-02-0463145825PEAK SELECTION ASSISTANCE METHOD AND SYSTEMEXFO Inc.Provisional Application Expired
Dominic Lapierre
Martin Levesque
Jean-Pierre Coudert
Canada
Canada
Canada