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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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17/757152
Air cooled PET scanner gantry May 18, 2020 Issued
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17/610947
Technology for contrast-enhanced mammography May 13, 2020 Issued
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15/931292
Creating monochromatic CT image May 12, 2020 Issued
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15/930365
Apparatus and method for inspecting battery cells for automation of total inspection May 11, 2020 Issued
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16/870559
BONE DENSITY MEASURING DEVICE AND BONE DENSITY IMAGING METHOD May 7, 2020 Abandoned
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16/865538
Medical diagnostic-imaging apparatus May 3, 2020 Issued
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17/607058
Mobility of an X-ray imaging system Apr 28, 2020 Issued
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16/860125
Fixtures for fluoroscopic imaging systems and related navigation systems and methods Apr 27, 2020 Issued
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16/858305
Radiography apparatus Apr 23, 2020 Issued
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16/852837
Method and apparatus for correcting cone-beam artifact in cone-beam computed tomography image, and cone-beam computed tomography apparatus including the same Apr 19, 2020 Issued
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17/601947
Apparatus for real-time visualizing a movement of a lower jaw versus an upper jaw in a craniomaxillofacial area of a patient in dental diagnostics Apr 16, 2020 Issued
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17/602306
Method of calibrating x-ray projection geometry in x-ray cone beam computed tomography Apr 16, 2020 Issued
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16/851760
Sterile drape with elasticized body portion for protecting a C-arm imaging machine Apr 16, 2020 Issued
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17/601784
Static gain calibration Apr 9, 2020 Issued
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17/601098
Active rise and fall time compensation algorithm Apr 2, 2020 Issued
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16/837939
Patient supports for medical treatments Mar 31, 2020 Issued
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16/835648
Cone-beam computed tomography with continuous kV beam acquisition Mar 30, 2020 Issued
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16/833801
Method and apparatus to derive and utilize virtual volumetric structures for predicting potential collisions when administering therapeutic radiation Mar 29, 2020 Issued
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16/830302
Radiotherapy treatment planning based on treatment delivery efficiency Mar 25, 2020 Issued
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16/823560
Noise and artifact reduction for image scatter correction Mar 18, 2020 Issued
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