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Bruce H. Hess

Examiner (ID: 7249, Phone: (571)272-1525 , Office: P/1785 )

Most Active Art Unit
1774
Art Unit(s)
1508, 1317, 1785, 1605, 1513, 1794, 1604, 1774, 1504, 1509
Total Applications
4168
Issued Applications
3690
Pending Applications
26
Abandoned Applications
458

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/157193
Printing without using printer specific software Jan 24, 2021 Issued
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17/129811
Machine state and defect detection meta data to execute maintenance routines on a multi-function device Dec 20, 2020 Issued
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17/123946
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Dec 15, 2020 Abandoned
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17/118337
Image forming device performing trim processing on storage area Dec 9, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19626548 [patent_doc_number] => 12165388 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-12-10 [patent_title] => Method for treating plants in a field [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/756198 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-11-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 2 [patent_no_of_words] => 4136 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 145 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17756198 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/756198
Method for treating plants in a field Nov 19, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17325215 [patent_doc_number] => 11216227 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-01-04 [patent_title] => Printer for determining appropriate printing medium [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/087721 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-11-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 14 [patent_figures_cnt] => 20 [patent_no_of_words] => 14533 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 9 [patent_words_short_claim] => 240 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17087721 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/087721
Printer for determining appropriate printing medium Nov 2, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18248029 [patent_doc_number] => 11604615 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-03-14 [patent_title] => Printing system for suppressing wasteful transmission of notification information [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/082240 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-10-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 13 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 9247 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 97 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17082240 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/082240
Printing system for suppressing wasteful transmission of notification information Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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17/081461
Printing device and power control method Oct 26, 2020 Issued
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17/024492
Writing IPV4 or IPV6 information into an NFC tag attached to an image forming apparatus Sep 16, 2020 Issued
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16/880708
Shifting a power state of an image processing apparatus based on a command from an information processing apparatus May 20, 2020 Issued
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16/824798
Packet saving or discarding based on power status of device Mar 19, 2020 Issued
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16/821090
DATA SECURITY SCANNER FOR DETECTING CONFIDENTIAL DATA Mar 16, 2020 Abandoned
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16/820936
Document management apparatus for scanning in documents Mar 16, 2020 Issued
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16/807922
Split printing on a printing medium Mar 2, 2020 Issued
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16/805022
Controlling an image forming device via a web application Feb 27, 2020 Issued
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16/805034
Handling a document having content marked using one or more identifiers Feb 27, 2020 Issued
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16/798987
Separating mechanical elements in an image forming apparatus after a predetermined period of time Feb 23, 2020 Issued
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16/788084
Filling blank areas on a page with print data for printing Feb 10, 2020 Issued
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16/788191
Printing apparatus that supports a tenant of cloud computing Feb 10, 2020 Issued
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16/748409
Firmware upgrade system for printing devices having a component Jan 20, 2020 Issued
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