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Benjamin E. Lanier

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Most Active Art Unit
2437
Art Unit(s)
2132, 2437, 2432
Total Applications
1340
Issued Applications
871
Pending Applications
113
Abandoned Applications
371

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/783402
METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE UNIT AND DRIVE UNIT Dec 9, 2020 Abandoned
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17/116522
Current control apparatus Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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17/115441
Piezo-actuated MEMS resonator Dec 7, 2020 Issued
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17/114945
Driving control apparatus, driving control system, lens apparatus, driving control method, and memory medium Dec 7, 2020 Issued
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17/115074
Systems and methods for increasing output current quality, output power, and reliability of grid-interactive inverters Dec 7, 2020 Issued
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17/783491
Piezoelectric actuator Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/288561
Composite motor having high-precision positioning Dec 1, 2020 Issued
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17/780941
ENERGY CONVERSION APPARATUS, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Nov 26, 2020 Pending
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16/953271
Rotary motor having a rotation unit configured to make an elastic deformation Nov 18, 2020 Issued
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16/951482
Moving body, station, movement system, moving method, and program Nov 17, 2020 Issued
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16/950141
Compact piezoelectric inertial drive stage Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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17/099549
Vibration type motor and optical apparatus Nov 15, 2020 Issued
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17/096868
Inertial piezoelectric actuator driven by symmetrical sawtooth wave and method for achieving bi-directional motion thereof Nov 11, 2020 Issued
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17/775250
Thin-film saw device utilizing rayleigh mode Nov 10, 2020 Issued
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17/094685
Piezoresistive sensor material and preparation method and use thereof Nov 9, 2020 Issued
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17/799551
Piezoelectric motor energy-saving control method based on an iterative learning Nov 9, 2020 Issued
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17/783672
Driving-unit operation method and controller Nov 9, 2020 Issued
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17/087795
Wide-range gain converters Nov 2, 2020 Issued
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17/079432
Zero-voltage zero-current soft switching type driving method for ultrasonic driving unit Oct 23, 2020 Issued
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17/076205
Resonator, and filter and duplexer using the same Oct 20, 2020 Issued
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