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Charles N. Hicks

Examiner (ID: 15047, Phone: (571)270-3010 , Office: P/2424 )

Most Active Art Unit
2424
Art Unit(s)
2623, 2424, STIC
Total Applications
562
Issued Applications
391
Pending Applications
37
Abandoned Applications
145

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/757674
Radiotherapy apparatus for delivering radiation to a subject Dec 16, 2020 Issued
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17/111764
Systems and methods for improved x-ray tube life Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/102367
Systems and methods for controlling an x-ray imaging device Nov 22, 2020 Issued
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17/774825
Electrohydrodynamics system and method Nov 5, 2020 Issued
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17/771866
Quantitative analysis method of carbon based hybrid negative electrode Nov 3, 2020 Issued
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17/078487
Control system and radiographic imaging system Oct 22, 2020 Issued
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17/076788
Specimen imaging with x-ray and optical measurement Oct 20, 2020 Issued
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16/949229
Lighting arrangement for a medical imaging system Oct 20, 2020 Issued
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17/769039
Method and system for monitoring a hadron beam during hadron-therapy treatment of a subject Oct 15, 2020 Issued
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17/070546
Method and apparatus for automatic determination of object and background region of interest for real-time automatic dose rate control in dynamic imaging systems Oct 13, 2020 Issued
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17/069476
X-ray fluoroscopic imaging device Oct 12, 2020 Issued
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17/038807
X-ray detectors capable of limiting diffusion of charge carriers Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/039033
Treatment planning method and radiotherapy system Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/036253
Semiconductor X-ray detector Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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17/036858
Fast industrial computed tomography for large objects Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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17/031096
Method for reconstructing incomplete data of X-ray absorption contrast computed tomography based on deep learning Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/023254
Supporting an evaluator in evaluation of a computed tomography data set Sep 15, 2020 Issued
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17/642381
Probabilistic image analysis Sep 14, 2020 Issued
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17/013107
Systems and methods for image-guided navigation of percutaneously-inserted devices Sep 3, 2020 Issued
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17/011411
Measurement X-ray CT apparatus Sep 2, 2020 Issued
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