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Alan D. Hutchinson

Examiner (ID: 14449, Phone: (571)272-8413 , Office: P/3665 )

Most Active Art Unit
3669
Art Unit(s)
3665, 3669
Total Applications
596
Issued Applications
443
Pending Applications
59
Abandoned Applications
101

Applications

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18/850054
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Mar 9, 2023 Pending
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18/177405
Systems and methods for improving initial range prediction when towing Mar 1, 2023 Issued
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18/839562
CARGO-HANDLING LIMITING DEVICE AND CARGO-HANDLING LIMITING METHOD Feb 20, 2023 Pending
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18/158974
Verification module system and method for motion-based lane detection with multiple sensors Jan 23, 2023 Issued
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18/088895
Path generation device, path generation method, and program Dec 26, 2022 Issued
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18/088396
Network computer system to position transport providers using provisioning level determinations Dec 22, 2022 Issued
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18/085376
LIDAR system Dec 19, 2022 Issued
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18/061503
Parameterization of an electric vehicle's energy consumption Dec 4, 2022 Issued
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18/057792
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH A PROGRAM IS STORED Nov 21, 2022 Pending
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17/980778
Systems and methods of connected driving based on dynamic contextual factors Nov 3, 2022 Issued
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17/974570
Roundabout characteristics recognition system Oct 26, 2022 Issued
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17/973579
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium Oct 25, 2022 Issued
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18/049306
Vehicle and control method thereof, control apparatus, vehicle-mounted device and medium Oct 24, 2022 Issued
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18/049008
Automatic vehicle-door activating sensing system and method therefor Oct 23, 2022 Issued
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17/954073
Work machine control system, work machine, method of controlling work machine, and work machine control program Sep 26, 2022 Issued
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18/700108
Method for controlling an electric motor of a battery-operated electric vehicle, battery-operated electric vehicle and a control device for a battery-operated electric vehicle Sep 19, 2022 Issued
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17/948497
Seat belt wireless communication system and method Sep 19, 2022 Issued
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17/933194
System and method for generating configurable optical codes for transferring avionics data Sep 18, 2022 Issued
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17/932310
Autonomous vehicle operation in snow Sep 14, 2022 Issued
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17/945282
Contactor failure determination apparatus for vehicle Sep 14, 2022 Issued
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