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Brian P. Sweeney

Examiner (ID: 19803, Phone: (313)446-4906 , Office: P/3667 )

Most Active Art Unit
3668
Art Unit(s)
3668, 3667
Total Applications
910
Issued Applications
822
Pending Applications
51
Abandoned Applications
56

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/015348
Efficient map matching method for global positioning system (GPS) trajectory Jun 14, 2022 Issued
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17/830776
Systems and methods for mitigating lane-change disturbance based on cooperative maneuvering Jun 1, 2022 Issued
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17/805182
Methods and system for adjusting vehicle operation based on a predicted state of a vehicle occupant Jun 1, 2022 Issued
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18/290526
Method and system with selectable multimode control of regenerative braking torque limitation May 19, 2022 Issued
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17/731581
THROTTLE SIGNAL CONTROLLER FOR A DYNAMIC HYBRID VEHICLE Apr 27, 2022 Abandoned
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17/726993
AUTOMATED MISSION PLANNING AND EXECUTION FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE Apr 21, 2022 Abandoned
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18/277120
Controller for operating a road-coupled hybrid vehicle Apr 12, 2022 Issued
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17/659088
System to manipulate sliding obstacles with non-holonomic autonomous mobile device Apr 12, 2022 Issued
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17/714254
Systems and methods for vehicular safety control Apr 5, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19100622 [patent_doc_number] => 20240119850 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-04-11 [patent_title] => INTELLIGENT HIGH-TECH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT GROUND GUIDANCE AND CONTROL [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/554794 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-04-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 2831 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -11 [patent_words_short_claim] => 97 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18554794 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/554794
Intelligent high-tech system and method for aircraft ground guidance and control Apr 4, 2022 Issued
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17/656874
Positioning systems and methods Mar 27, 2022 Issued
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17/704308
Method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium for locking automobile Mar 24, 2022 Issued
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17/698392
Controlling movement of a vehicle Mar 17, 2022 Issued
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18/549642
Method for controlling a hybrid powertrain and hybrid powertrain operating according to such a method Mar 9, 2022 Issued
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17/683097
Job parsing in robot fleet resource configuration Feb 27, 2022 Issued
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17/669747
Vehicle for disabling autonomous driving and method of controlling the same Feb 10, 2022 Issued
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17/668510
Systems and methods for providing a ridesharing vehicle service using an autonomous vehicle Feb 9, 2022 Issued
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17/590046
Correlating perception errors with vehicle behavior Jan 31, 2022 Issued
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17/581273
Braking and driving force control device Jan 20, 2022 Issued
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17/578348
Travel control apparatus Jan 17, 2022 Issued
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