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Brian P. Sweeney

Examiner (ID: 11992)

Most Active Art Unit
3668
Art Unit(s)
3667, 3668
Total Applications
901
Issued Applications
812
Pending Applications
54
Abandoned Applications
55

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/196486
Systems for implementing fallback behaviors for autonomous vehicles May 11, 2023 Issued
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18/316282
Drive apparatus for vehicle May 11, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20256993 [patent_doc_number] => 12429339 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-09-30 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for route guidance through a waterway [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/143826 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-05-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 2462 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 141 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18143826 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/143826
Systems and methods for route guidance through a waterway May 4, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18582421 [patent_doc_number] => 20230264676 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-08-24 [patent_title] => METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING A MINIMUM DRIVER DEMAND WHEEL TORQUE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/310432 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-05-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 8302 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 75 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18310432 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/310432
Method and system for adjusting a minimum driver demand wheel torque Apr 30, 2023 Issued
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18/138165
Systems and methods of determining locations of medical devices relative to wearable devices Apr 23, 2023 Issued
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18/193829
Real-time digital modeling Mar 30, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18676518 [patent_doc_number] => 20230314144 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-10-05 [patent_title] => SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DRIFT PATH OF MARINE FLOATING BODY [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/193435 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 7296 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -11 [patent_words_short_claim] => 111 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18193435 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/193435
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DRIFT PATH OF MARINE FLOATING BODY Mar 29, 2023 Issued
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18/186735
Method for Operating a Drive Unit of an Electric Bicycle Mar 19, 2023 Pending
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18/848432
VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Mar 12, 2023 Pending
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18/119138
Process for delivering an order to a semiautonomous motor vehicle Mar 7, 2023 Issued
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18/176714
Transitioning steering control from an autonomous vehicle to a driver Feb 28, 2023 Issued
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18/115084
Human-like autonomous vehicle behavior based on map prior layer Feb 27, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20116762 [patent_doc_number] => 12366460 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-07-22 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for creating and managing wayareas [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/173245 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-02-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 4635 [patent_no_of_claims] => 17 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 306 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18173245 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/173245
Systems and methods for creating and managing wayareas Feb 22, 2023 Issued
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18/172876
Systems and methods for collection and analysis of vehicular data Feb 21, 2023 Issued
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18/110256
Method of updating map data, electronic device and storage medium Feb 14, 2023 Issued
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18/103701
Method for detecting obstacles around vehicle, electronic device and storage medium Jan 30, 2023 Issued
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18/155915
System and method for monitoring work area Jan 17, 2023 Issued
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18/097843
Method of controlling switching to manual driving mode of autonomous vehicle Jan 16, 2023 Issued
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18/154987
Methods for spatio-temporal scene-graph embedding for autonomous vehicle applications Jan 15, 2023 Issued
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18/094423
System for and method of controlling watercraft Jan 8, 2023 Issued
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