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Benjamin M. Weeks

Examiner (ID: 15857)

Most Active Art Unit
2924
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2924
Total Applications
1318
Issued Applications
1307
Pending Applications
8
Abandoned Applications
8

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/295319
Engaging and disengaging for autonomous driving Apr 3, 2023 Issued
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18/191251
BICYCLE CONTROL SYSTEM Mar 27, 2023 Pending
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18/121008
Operation assistance method, operation assistance system, and operation assistance program Mar 13, 2023 Issued
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18/843617
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE Feb 28, 2023 Pending
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18/114812
Transportation system Feb 26, 2023 Issued
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18/174210
ECU and target path determination method thereby Feb 23, 2023 Issued
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18/846491
Interactive Control for a Vehicle Feb 15, 2023 Pending
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18/839111
In-Vehicle Infotainment System and Method Therefor, Vehicle, Medium and Program Product Feb 9, 2023 Pending
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18/105440
Information processing device and information processing method Feb 2, 2023 Issued
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18/154807
Vehicle display assembly Jan 13, 2023 Issued
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18/146405
Lane following system and method considering driving assistance lane Dec 25, 2022 Issued
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18/728405
System for adapting the control of an electric bicycle motor to the resistance to forward travel Dec 20, 2022 Issued
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18/076013
Systems and techniques for validating a simulation framework Dec 5, 2022 Issued
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18/061050
Airport control decision support system and method based on semantic recognition of controller instruction Dec 1, 2022 Issued
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18/060764
Maneuvering spacecraft having solar sails Nov 30, 2022 Issued
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18/710519
VEHICLE Nov 29, 2022 Pending
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17/991051
Method for a supercomputer to mitigate traffic collisions with 5G or 6G Nov 20, 2022 Issued
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17/989056
Bicycle control system Nov 16, 2022 Issued
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18/056047
Apparatus for processing a plurality of brake wear signals from a corresponding plurality of brake wear sensors of a vehicle brake system and method therefor Nov 15, 2022 Issued
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17/977505
Active learning on fallback data Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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