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David B. Thomas

Examiner (ID: 8310, Phone: (571)272-4497 , Office: P/3723 )

Most Active Art Unit
3723
Art Unit(s)
3723
Total Applications
3232
Issued Applications
2626
Pending Applications
134
Abandoned Applications
510

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/818341
Article reading device Mar 12, 2020 Issued
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16/803604
Article placement optimization system and article placement optimization method Feb 26, 2020 Issued
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16/795023
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DINING AT AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT Feb 18, 2020 Abandoned
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16/792883
Method and system for managing research and development in an enterprise Feb 16, 2020 Issued
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16/788054
Determining interest areas at a venue location of an event Feb 10, 2020 Issued
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16/780781
Displaceable reader circuitry Feb 2, 2020 Issued
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16/746726
System and method for item tracking Jan 16, 2020 Issued
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16/743373
Identifying and utilizing the availability of enterprise resources Jan 14, 2020 Issued
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16/741531
Information operation Jan 12, 2020 Issued
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16/736670
Communication of orders and payments in a drive through using wireless beacons Jan 6, 2020 Issued
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16/732891
Systems and methods for initial inventory template generation for accounting platforms Jan 1, 2020 Issued
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16/725865
System, device, and method for capturing and managing point of sale transaction related data Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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16/725782
Method for estimating flows between economic entities Dec 22, 2019 Issued
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16/716839
Mobile terminal and method for checking fixed assets Dec 16, 2019 Issued
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16/681410
Inventory identification Nov 11, 2019 Issued
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16/675038
Mobile ticketing based on proximity Nov 4, 2019 Issued
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16/669664
Ad-hoc lightweight mPOS remote control Oct 30, 2019 Issued
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16/665383
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Oct 27, 2019 Abandoned
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16/664254
Method for operating transport systems Oct 24, 2019 Issued
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16/661871
System and method for object shipping automation Oct 22, 2019 Issued
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