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Christopher D. Birkhimer

Examiner (ID: 14978, Phone: (571)270-1178 , Office: P/2136 )

Most Active Art Unit
2136
Art Unit(s)
2186, 2136, 2138
Total Applications
636
Issued Applications
458
Pending Applications
64
Abandoned Applications
136

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/974375
RADAR INSTALLATION AND CALIBRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Oct 25, 2022 Pending
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17/750247
LIDAR WITH SWITCHABLE LOCAL OSCILLATOR SIGNALS May 19, 2022 Abandoned
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17/696881
RADAR DATA DETERMINATION CIRCUITRY AND RADAR DATA DETERMINATION METHOD Mar 16, 2022 Pending
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17/585234
FOCAL PLANE ARRAY SYSTEM FOR LIDAR Jan 25, 2022 Abandoned
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17/483008
Hyper temporal lidar with dynamic laser control using different mirror motion models for shot scheduling and shot firing Sep 22, 2021 Issued
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17/482882
Hyper temporal lidar with dynamic control of variable energy laser source Sep 22, 2021 Issued
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17/387247
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING Jul 27, 2021 Pending
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17/380136
Calibration of a lidar sensor Jul 19, 2021 Issued
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17/379096
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING VEHICLE ALIGNMENT Jul 18, 2021 Pending
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17/303407
LIDAR SENSOR HISTOGRAM COMPUTATION May 27, 2021 Pending
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17/322624
MODE CHAINING FOR MULTIFUNCTION LASER RADAR May 16, 2021 Pending
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17/926387
VEHICULAR LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM, VEHICULAR SENSING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE Apr 29, 2021 Pending
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17/919266
LIDAR DEVICE Apr 15, 2021 Pending
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17/135902
Solid-state light steering system Dec 27, 2020 Issued
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17/033625
SCANNER COVERED BY A DIFFRACTION GRATING FOR AN OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEM Sep 24, 2020 Abandoned
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17/017723
THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURVEY APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURVEY METHOD, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURVEY PROGRAM Sep 10, 2020 Abandoned
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17/017723
THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURVEY APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURVEY METHOD, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURVEY PROGRAM Sep 10, 2020 Abandoned
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16/938003
DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD Jul 23, 2020 Abandoned
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16/932845
Method and device for identifying objects detected by a LiDAR device Jul 19, 2020 Issued
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16/924342
LIGHT DETECTOR Jul 8, 2020 Abandoned
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