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Andrew H. Lam

Examiner (ID: 978, Phone: (571)270-7969 , Office: P/2675 )

Most Active Art Unit
2675
Art Unit(s)
2682, 2675, 2625, 2624, 2671
Total Applications
716
Issued Applications
598
Pending Applications
39
Abandoned Applications
102

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 16543709 [patent_doc_number] => 20200410124 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-12-31 [patent_title] => PRIVATE SERVER IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY FOR PRINTING SYSTEM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/821245 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-03-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 15500 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 91 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16821245 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/821245
Private server implementation of policy for printing system Mar 16, 2020 Issued
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16/820979
System and method for implementing policy-based printing operations using identification numbers Mar 16, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16195348 [patent_doc_number] => 20200236197 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-07-23 [patent_title] => BEACON UTILIZATION SYSTEM, METHOD, BEACON UTILIZATION METHOD [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/812418 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-03-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 3995 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 125 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16812418 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/812418
BEACON UTILIZATION SYSTEM, METHOD, BEACON UTILIZATION METHOD Mar 8, 2020 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 18388305 [patent_doc_number] => 11659105 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-05-23 [patent_title] => Control device restricting change in a wireless connection destination after disconnect during a printing operation, and wireless connection control method and storage medium [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/441709 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-03-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 5979 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 86 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17441709 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/441709
Control device restricting change in a wireless connection destination after disconnect during a printing operation, and wireless connection control method and storage medium Mar 5, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17029148 [patent_doc_number] => 11090948 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-08-17 [patent_title] => Label printer configured to reissue a label with stored print information [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/797986 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-02-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 5550 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 146 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16797986 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/797986
Label printer configured to reissue a label with stored print information Feb 20, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16330654 [patent_doc_number] => 20200301620 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-09-24 [patent_title] => INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/795907 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-02-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 8621 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 78 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16795907 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/795907
Information processing apparatus to determine state transitions and compliment a deficient state, information processing system, information processing method, and recording medium Feb 19, 2020 Issued
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16/795866
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSFER Feb 19, 2020 Abandoned
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16/782883
Recording material transport system, recording material transport apparatus, and image forming apparatus with stopped transport notification Feb 4, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16821154 [patent_doc_number] => 11006008 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-05-11 [patent_title] => Image forming apparatus configured to control display of icons on a screen, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/774306 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-01-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 10833 [patent_no_of_claims] => 13 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 220 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16774306 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/774306
Image forming apparatus configured to control display of icons on a screen, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium Jan 27, 2020 Issued
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16/736138
IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND GROUP SETTING METHOD Jan 6, 2020 Abandoned
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16/734522
System including information processing device, and multiple devices connected to information processing device via a network, and information processing device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for setting connection destination of information processing device Jan 5, 2020 Issued
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16/722075
Texture analysis mechanism Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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16/722136
Information processing apparatus, recording medium, and image forming system for maintaining a communication with an image forming apparatus Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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16/723651
Creation of component templates Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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16/721572
Information processing apparatus and method for generating print data based on a 2-in-1 print instruction Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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16/711036
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE CONFIGURATION SCREENS Dec 10, 2019 Abandoned
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16/704257
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for generating quantized data for forming an image on a print medium Dec 4, 2019 Issued
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16/704300
Image scanning device and image processing apparatus including card scanning function, and image scanning method thereof Dec 4, 2019 Issued
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16/704337
Image forming apparatus Dec 4, 2019 Issued
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16/705019
Information processing apparatus having import function to import information regarding user so that registration upper limit is not exceeded based on user's last login date and control method for the same, and storage medium Dec 4, 2019 Issued
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