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Benjamin W. Johnson

Examiner (ID: 1100, Phone: (571)272-8523 , Office: P/3749 )

Most Active Art Unit
3762
Art Unit(s)
3762, 3749, 3743
Total Applications
553
Issued Applications
305
Pending Applications
73
Abandoned Applications
186

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/011101
Control of yaw drives for segmented toothed yaw ring of a wind turbine Jun 14, 2021 Issued
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17/927191
Wind turbine storage and/or transport system Jun 7, 2021 Issued
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17/315597
AC bus tie contactor input into rat auto-deploy May 9, 2021 Issued
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17/921824
Turbine with secondary rotors May 6, 2021 Issued
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17/921815
Modular Underwater Pumped-Storage Power Plant Reservoir Apr 29, 2021 Pending
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17/244151
System and method for slip detection and surface health monitoring in a slip coupling of a rotary shaft Apr 28, 2021 Issued
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17/921908
Floating wind semi-submersible with T-shaped pontoon Apr 28, 2021 Issued
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17/242343
Fluid film bearing and wind turbine Apr 27, 2021 Issued
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17/242386
Turbomachine with an electric machine assembly and method for operation Apr 27, 2021 Issued
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17/240187
Fluid film bearing and wind turbine Apr 25, 2021 Issued
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17/229199
Method and system for determining yaw heading of a wind turbine Apr 12, 2021 Issued
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17/997078
Wind turbine generator system, and rotation speed avoidance control method and apparatus therefor Mar 29, 2021 Issued
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17/916284
Yaw control using mean motor speed reference as feedback Mar 28, 2021 Issued
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17/907184
Integrated hermetically sealed turboexpander-generator with overhung turbomachine Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/995328
Current energy collection unit Mar 16, 2021 Issued
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17/910419
Generator coupling system Mar 10, 2021 Issued
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17/192417
Converting potential energy from a mixture of fluids into electric power Mar 3, 2021 Issued
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17/185049
Electricity generating tiles using micro-turbines for air and water Feb 24, 2021 Abandoned
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17/154515
Integrated hybrid propulsion system Jan 20, 2021 Issued
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17/152850
Odometer-based control of a wind turbine power system Jan 19, 2021 Issued
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