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Andrew Lai

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 17573, Phone: (571)272-9741 , Office: P/2411 )

Most Active Art Unit
2473
Art Unit(s)
2616, 2411, 2473, 2416
Total Applications
307
Issued Applications
217
Pending Applications
2
Abandoned Applications
88

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/287020
Method for correcting a previously estimated position of a vehicle Oct 17, 2019 Issued
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17/768235
DRADAR APPARATUS FOR RELIABLY DISTINGUISHING OBSTACLES FROM OTHER STRUCTURES WITHOUT NARROWING RANGE OF DETECTION Oct 14, 2019 Abandoned
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16/583522
Virtual Array MIMO with Elongated Switching Sep 25, 2019 Abandoned
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16/554932
Systems and techniques for geofence crossing-based control Aug 28, 2019 Issued
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16/543610
Microwave Detection Device Based on Doppler effect Principle and Its Anti-Interference Method Aug 17, 2019 Abandoned
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17/595673
VEHICLE-MOUNTED OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE Aug 1, 2019 Pending
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17/266818
Vehicle-mounted radar system Jul 25, 2019 Issued
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16/447992
Sensor device and system, and biometric sensing method and system Jun 20, 2019 Issued
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16/444687
Multistatic Radar Via An Array of Multifunctional Automotive Transceivers Jun 17, 2019 Abandoned
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17/613174
RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Jun 5, 2019 Abandoned
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16/426670
Satellite antenna with sensor for line-of-sight detection May 29, 2019 Issued
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16/414666
Position and motion informed navigation system May 15, 2019 Issued
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16/412507
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIGH-SPEED TRACKING OF VESSEL May 14, 2019 Abandoned
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16/399657
Determining a location of motion detected from wireless signals based on wireless link counting Apr 29, 2019 Issued
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16/375535
Vehicle sensor alignment using photogrammetry Apr 3, 2019 Issued
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16/357115
COOPERATIVE AUTOMATIC TRACKING Mar 17, 2019 Abandoned
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16/352105
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION USING PHASE DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL Mar 12, 2019 Abandoned
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16/352480
Method and apparatus for determining location using phase difference of arrival Mar 12, 2019 Issued
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16/352372
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION USING PHASE DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL Mar 12, 2019 Abandoned
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16/351169
Processing radar signals Mar 11, 2019 Issued
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