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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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17/050169
Radiation imaging apparatus Mar 13, 2019 Issued
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16/982614
Determining a medical imaging schedule Mar 12, 2019 Issued
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16/294438
Filtration methods for dual-energy X-ray CT Mar 5, 2019 Issued
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17/432469
X-ray generating device, and diagnostic device and diagnostic method therefor Feb 28, 2019 Issued
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16/272818
Monochromatic x-ray imaging systems and methods Feb 10, 2019 Issued
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16/264811
Radiation therapy apparatus and beam imaging method Jan 31, 2019 Issued
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16/264210
Systems and methods for modifying an infrared signature of a vehicle Jan 30, 2019 Issued
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16/262955
RADIATION MEASUREMENT PENAL, DEVICE AND SYSTEM Jan 30, 2019 Abandoned
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16/263603
Systems and methods for determining the presence of cement behind at least one casing using spectroscopy measurement Jan 30, 2019 Issued
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16/262166
Scene generation using surface plasmon polaritons Jan 29, 2019 Issued
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16/262404
Measuring total organic content of source rock Jan 29, 2019 Issued
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16/964717
Radiation source Jan 22, 2019 Issued
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16/236595
Systems and methods for image generation Dec 29, 2018 Issued
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16/955853
Aerodynamic rail covers Dec 11, 2018 Issued
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16/772015
X-ray tube and X-ray generation device Dec 10, 2018 Issued
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16/767975
Anatomical side x-ray markers comprising non-metallic material Nov 26, 2018 Issued
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16/768065
Automatic on-the-fly positron emission tomography (PET) scan planning and optimization Nov 25, 2018 Issued
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16/170274
X-ray generation apparatus and X-ray photography system Oct 24, 2018 Issued
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16/161525
Liquid metal rotating anode X-ray source for semiconductor metrology Oct 15, 2018 Issued
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16/158336
STATIONARY ANODE X-RAY TUBE Oct 11, 2018 Abandoned
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